[Blue Ink]

Well, you got me there.

There’s no evidence whatsoever Shakespeare never visited the Magic Island of “The Tempest” and the Magic Forest in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” And it’s also entirely possible he time travelled back to ancient Rome and was in the Senate gallery when Caesar got ventilated.

Maybe he did a A LOT of traveling when he was in the Navy and didn’t just make it all up. You know, like how Rowling graduated from Hogwarts.

Touche.

[Reily]

I assume ypu trying to be funny.
Sorry Lost on me!

There is some evidence that Shakespeare was a Catholic agent. Therefore involved in the clandestine war between Protestantism & Catholicism for control of the English throne. I don't know how legitimate the evidence is. Marlowe was clearly involved in this. The point I was making; if true, the danger, the uncertainty, the moral ambiguity. All more then adequate for a talented man to reflect deeply on the metaphysics of it all. Assimilate it and then represent metaphorically in his plays and poems.

[Celtic Conservative]

Touchy aren't we? I never said you couldn't be a writer without some life experiences other than writing. I still maintain that you can't be a good writer without some interesting life experiences. Now as to George Lucas: He was racing hotrods on the underground circuit when He suffered an accident that damn near killed him. It was during his convalescence than he began to get interested in photography, film and cinematography. He was young, but had some unusual experiences for someone his age. As to F. Scott Fitzgerald, One of the most overrated authors of the twentieth century(IMHO)

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