Shakespeare - what a hack

Speaking of writers to emulate, how about Shakespeare? Consider this introduction to a list of quotes from The Shakespeare Book of Lists:

The old joke goes something like this: A guys walks out of the theater after seeing Hamlet for the first time. “I don’t know why everybody thinks Hamlet is such a well-written play,” he says. “It is full of clichés."

I don't have my OED on me to verify that old Bacon-bits originated each of these phrases, or popularized them, or whatever. For that matter, I don't even have an OED.