Actually, Tolkien hated Shakespeare's works (and didn't much care for plays of any sort, it seems).
From Tolkien's Biography:
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...in a debate on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays he 'poured a sudden flood of unqualified abuse upon Shakespeare, upon his filthy birthplace, his squalid surroundings, and his sordid character'.
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