Some of Shakespeare's work is entirely hyped up and genuinely dous suck *cough* Romeo & Juliet which my high school AP english teacher described as drivel, pleasing me greatly
*cough* but a lot of his work is genuinely excellent.
His use of puns is no less than genius in most instances. Many of his soliloquies aer amazing. But as someone earlier said, many productions of his work suck. And don't even bother with 90% of modern adaptations. (Although, Titus is an excellent film, but not indicative on Shakespeare in and of itself)