HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT ABRIDGING SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS?

HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT ABRIDGING SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS? My feelings about abridging Shakespeare’s plays are the same as my feelings about translating Shakespeare into modern English. As I posted here, there are many people who like me are happy with a performance of the entire text of a Shakespeare (recognizing that any text is only a best guess). But I am in favor of any version of Shakespeare which increases the audience for his plays.