Posted on 06/27/2026 1:11:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The author of a new book about William Shakespeare is claiming that the works of the famed playwright were actually written by a black, Jewish woman. The book, The Real Shakespeare: Emilia Bassano Willoughby by Irene Coslet, argues that Shakespeare was actually Emilia Bassano, a dark-skinned Jewish woman who was an English poet during the Elizabethan period. The Amazon description for the book, which says it is set to be released on March 30, questions if Shakespeare was indeed “a white man from Stratford.”
“Debate still rages over the identity of the most beloved poet of all time and ‘father’ of the English-speaking world,” the description reads. “Generations of researchers have tried to dismantle the myth of the Stratford man. Now, in this intriguing and well-documented book, Irene Coslet conclusively demonstrates that Shakespeare was not a man, but a woman: a dark-skinned lady, of Jewish origin, born into a family of Court musicians from Venice, and the mother of the English-speaking world. Her name was Emilia Bassano.”
According to the description, Coslet’s conclusions are based on “re-examination of often-overlooked historical documents, shrewd, chilling, and profound, this volume offers extensive evidence that Emilia was the author of the canon.” The description also says the book is not just about the debate over to whom the writings of Shakespeare should be attributed, but “about the condition of women at the time Shakespeare was writing. It explains that feminism already existed in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. It reveals not only that Shakespeare was a woman, but also that she defended women. It reintegrates Emilia in the context of the time, for example, by exploring the relationship between Emilia and Queen Elizabeth I.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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...The ghost of Francis Bacon frowns upon these shenanigans.
The human race is getting to the point where they will embrace anything and everything except reality.
I doubt the author believes this stupidity.
It’s just a way to make money off of stupid people. Maybe get a job at a university, to boot.
Queer...she forgot queer.
and dating Christopher Malowe!
Palestinian, not Jewish. and gay
They left off gay and disabled.
No more stupid that the people who pretend that Edward de Vere actually wrote the plays.
Edward DeVere the 17th Earl of Oxford. The glove-maker’s son couldn’t even read or write.
If Shakespeare was “a white man from Stratford.”
Was she obese too?
While I could imagine a Jew in present day New York coming up with Othello, I doubt that many Jews in Elizabethan England were that self-loathing.
Stay in your lane, New York Post, The Babylon Bee will handle the parodies.
To be, or not to f**king be?
Married to Anne Hathaway so yes.....probably had AIDs too although a bit early as per Team America.
and a tranny. Don’t forget that part.
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