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To: Camden Girl

Shakespeare was crticized by many in his day, both pro and con - including Ben Jonson - who knew him to be the author of HIS plays, and he died a wealthy man because of it.

No one raised questions of authorship until about 200 years later.

Now along comes another crank like you some 400+ years later to claim authorship for your favorite comparative nobody.

Geez, get a life....


6 posted on 10/14/2009 7:33:33 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: onedoug
including Ben Jonson

He was great in all those westerns too.

9 posted on 10/14/2009 7:48:08 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: onedoug

Actually he wasn’t all that well known as a writer in his lifetime, and when he died his will contained no references to any manuscripts, books, a desk, or writing materials. His daughter was surprised to hear he was thought of as a writer. He was not the rockstar that someone like Kit Marlowe was.

There are some legitimate reasons to question the authorship of the Shakespeare Canon. One doesn’t have to be a crank to do so; scholars have been wondering about it for a long time (particularly since the renewal of interest in the Canon a few hundred years ago).


12 posted on 10/14/2009 7:57:40 AM PDT by ottbmare (I could agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.)
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