The people who spoke [those lines] were inhabitants of the earth, not brocaded humanoids from some far-flung planet.
Source: On Laurence Olivier's immediate, coherent, engrossing rendering of Shakespearean characters, in New Republic, 3 Nov 1986.
-- Robert Brustein, (Apr 21 1927-____), US edcuator, critic, author; He was dean of the Yale School of Drama and the founder/director of the American Repertory Theater.