One Blank in Shakespeare Hall of Fame

Judi Dench and Leonardo DiCaprio are in, David Tennant and Peggy Ashcroft are provoking furious argument, and Helen Mirren didn’t even make the shortlist for the Shakespeare champions of all time – 13 names to fill a new hall of fame in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s visitor centre at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.

The hall of fame, representing Shakespeare’s status as one of the world’s most read and performed authors, will embrace performers, directors and artists inspired by him and those who championed his work, such as Charles Dickens, who in 1847 led a campaign to make the half-timbered birthplace a national monument.
Shakespeare hall of fame is one star short | Stage | The Guardian

The hall of fame will have 13 names, the minimum number of players to perform any Shakespeare play. The trust has chosen 12, but Guardian readers are invited to vote online for the last name. Vote at guardian.co.uk/stage

Read the whole original article, and take a look at the list of those already included. Leonardo DiCaprio?!? I am personally refusing to recognize the expertise of the Trust that is constructing this list, and I’m certainly not dignifying it with my vote.