Janet Suzman 'Mad as a Snake' Over Rylance and Shakespeare 'Myths'

Guardian | Dalya Alberge

[Borges]

Not to mention the ‘Italian’ servants in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ named Peter, Sampson and Gregory.

[Borges]

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.

[onedoug]

“This is Illyria, lady.”