The director John Barton told us that, when Shakespeare wants to make his most heartfelt statements, he uses the simplest language, which needs no paraphrasing.

WSJ: Word Craft: Sir Antony Sher on Acting Shakespeare

"I never heard John talk programming in a creative sense or ask if I'd seen some great film, " says Peter Barton, No. 2 at Liberty from 1991 to 1997.

FORBES: Taking Liberty