Posted on 09/04/2012 12:39:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Janet Suzman 'mad as a snake' over Rylance and Shakespeare 'myths'
Not to mention the ‘Italian’ servants in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ named Peter, Sampson and Gregory.
The argument I’ve heard is that the family of the actual playwright wanted to publish the plays and used the name of a recently deceased and (barely literate) merchant named Bill Shakespeare. They also convinced Ben Jonson to play along.
“This is Illyria, lady.”
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