SmackDown: “Hamlet” Vs. “King Lear”

“Why are ‘Hamlet’ and ‘King Lear’ so great? And which is the greatest?” Sid Smith asks. “Though it’s ultimately a fatuous exercise — like choosing between the Pieta and the statue of David — my money’s on ‘Lear.’ ‘Hamlet’ is eloquent Sudoku. ‘Lear’ is primal scream.”