Posted on 09/12/2013 4:21:40 AM PDT by Renfield
Amelia Bassano Lanier
Being neither Jewish nor a Shakesperian scholar, I find myself poorly qualified to evaluate the author's claims (which, apparently, originally appeared here:
http://spydersden.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/did-shakespeare-write-shakespeare/P )
Perhaps more knowledgeable members of FR could comment.
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< channeling Ramius >
i give this thread a one in three chance of erupting into a flame war .. lol
well I wrote a paper in college that Shakespeare was actually written by Lord Bacon.............it is fairly well settled that Shakespeare did not write the plays...........
Yes, but GLOBAL WARMING.
John Dowland.
I’d give the distinction to John Dowland, who was one of the greatest musicians of his time. He moved in the same circles as Shakespeare; shared a patron with Shakespeare; had lived for years in Helsingore as musician to the Danish king; moved all through Europe, particularly Italy and would have been partial to making a quick buck putting out plays. Besides, many of his famous lute songs fit hand-in-glove with the situations in the plays.
In P. G. Wodehouse's story The Reverent Wooing of Archibald, the dedicated "sock collector" Archibald Mulliner is told that Bacon wrote plays for Shakespeare. He remarks that it was "dashed decent of him", but suggests he may have only done it because he owed Shakespeare money. Archibald then listens to an elderly Baconian expounding an incomprehensible cipher theory. The narrator remarks that the speech was "unusually lucid and simple for a Baconian". Archibald nevertheless wishes he could escape by picking up a nearby battle-axe hanging on the wall and "dot this doddering old ruin one just above the imitation necklace".
I blame Bush.
Could Amelia Bassano Lanier been one of Obama’s daughters? Likely not. Did she have a hoody? No, then the answer is no....
Shakespears plays, taken together, amount to half again as much coherent text as the Bible, both testament. I have a hard time believing that any one person could produce all of that.
I am NOT William Shakespeare! Stop asking!
Sorry, I’m OK now.
Two words: Occam’s Razor.
that’s the best point and kept coming to me as I read this as well. Why couldn’t they have been collaborative works, with contributions from many people and Shakespeare as editor?
Is it not possible that Shakespeare was an acquaintance of the man you mention and was able to pick his brain for a lot of information and ideas?
You know, over the years, I've read that Shakespeare's stuff was written by about a dozen different people and not him. It could be true because I've seen, and had, bosses that contributed nothing but took full credit for my work, so if that is what old Billy did, then I guess he was ahead of his time.
I have a hard time believing that any one person could produce all of that.
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Surely you have met a driven genius or two in your lifetime.
...has only one blade, which is why no one buys that brand anymore. At least, that is the simplest theory concerning it...
How about “Shakespeare sucks”?
How about “Shakespeare sucks”?
Yep, that oughta do it d;^)
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