Diplomat 'was real Shakespeare' (latest theory on "true" Shakespeare in new book)

The BBC ^ | October 4, 2005

[highball]

Perhaps there is a possibility that Shakespeare was not the sole author of his plays, but that he had a muse... a patron or partner that provided Shakespeare with the stories that he turned into poetic plays.

Actually, many if not most of Shakespeare's plots came from old stories. Like any great artist, he built his work on the work of others. And like any great artist, it's what he did with that work that separates him.

[Petronski]

I have a theory about the identity of the real Shakespeare:








Shakespeare.

[BlessedByLiberty]

Sorry they're all wrong, I was Shakespeare in one of my first incarnations. :)

[stop_fascism]

Ridiculous. Everyone knows that the Earl of Oxford was Shakespeare.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

I've been doing some reading on my own re this subject at this site. Check here also. I don't know yet if I subscribe to the 'Bacon was Shakespeare' theory, but it makes for very interesting reading.

[Borges]

Put me on your ping please.

[sine_nomine]

I didn't say that I was still convinced.

[satchmodog9]

That went around a few years ago.

[aculeus]

More details here ...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/unmasked-the-real-shakespeare/2005/10/05/1128191785837.html#

[Blind Eye Jones]

"If you compare Shakespeare's writing to Bacons's, it's very clear the same person did not write both."

But they did say some of the same lines, e.g., "Love doth much mischief" and others. Now these expressions may have been the common currency of their time, like the maxim "a penny saved is a penny earned" is for our time, but it is shocking when you read Bacon saying the same lines as Shakespeare.

[SunkenCiv]

Turns out that Sir Henry Neville's was just a case of life imitating art.

So, once we get the last name, we'll know who really wrote the plays. :')

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

David Keys alert.

aculeus wrote:
More details here ...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/unmasked-the-real-shakespeare/2005/10/05/1128191785837.html

[SunkenCiv]

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