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According to the description, Coslet’s conclusions are based on “re-examination of often-overlooked historical documents, shrewd, chilling, and profound, this volume offers extensive evidence that Emilia was the author of the canon.”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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But of course. who would ever doubt it?
I can hardly wait to buy that book.
Yeah, riiiiiight.
And the average IQ of the DemocRAT party congress-critters is above two digits, too.
I heard that Emilia Bassano was a lesbian too.
And also a communist. And also the first greenie.
Yes, Emilia Bassano was quite a lady!
Some time ago I heard that Shakespeare was a Muslim. Next, we’ll be told he was transgender.
Time for Henry Silva and the Bullsh!t or Not team to find out the truth.
His team found out that Jack The Ripper was the Loch Ness monster.
See the case below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-9J2P4XZUo
That is how you spot civilization collapse in its final stages.
Coming to an Ivy League syllabus near you
And a Muslim too. May as well get them all in.
We wuz Shakespeerz n sheeeit.
With three examples.
The subject hardcover book has no reviews on Amazon. Also of note, it is published by Pen and Sword World History. (Military History buffs should be familiar with Pen and Sword)
And,a lesbian too...vegan..and never stepped on the cracks in the sidewalk.
If the author can get school boards to spend public money on it she’ll be rich.
close,
don’t leave out that “she” was transgender and queer and crippled in a wheelchair
Don't be a homophobe.
Where is that asteroid to smack to shit off this planet?!!
SMH. DeVere didn’t have the talent.
Like in Taming of the Shrew?
And I guess it would take a "self hating jew" to write Merchant of Venice.
Though it might explain the anti Catholic presentation of Joan of Arc in Henry the VI.
Whoopie?
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