So sorry I missed Mr. Silk's 12/02 article on "Shakespeare never goes out of style." I didn't read it until after reading the above uncomplimentary comments of Edward G. Bourne, Bonita Springs, in his Letter to the Editor. Donato Colucci and his actors must be commended for presenting this wonderful program, especially to an audience likely to include Mr. Bourne and other reluctant readers of great art. I doubt that Mr. Bourne would cite much else that Leo Tolstoy wrote, for instance his _On Civil Disobedience and Non-Violence_, or _Anna Karenina_, or _Resurrection_, or _The Kingdom of God is Within You_. The scorn toward "moss-backed pedants" who are part of the Shakespeare industry is hardly just. I suppose one can be a snob about anything. Too bad Mr. Bourne couldn't have had high school English teachers and college professors whose consideration of the Bard’s works avoided the notion of "inflicting" them "on their unwitting and defenseless students." It is difficult to speak with absolute certainty, but of the four Shakespeare plays my senior high school students thoroughly studied with me so far this year, every play produced a nearly unanimous approval rating among the students--from the aristocrats to the peasants. Moreover, under the current regime in CCPS, students are never unwitting and defenseless. Teachers speak with fear and trembling that the (sometimes paid) snitches will report even the most innocuous words to the almighty principals. However most students appreciate candid analysis of especially the crude, the immoral, and the vulgar aspects of Shakespeare's art, fictions created to tell the truth.