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To: Plutarch

Personally, I have always found arguments of this type unconvincing. Is it possible? Sure. Anything is. But the meat of the argument is "how could a stupid, uncultured actor write this?" Sorry, I like evidence and (as this post admits) practically nothing is known about the man, therefore leaving the evidence a bit dry.


12 posted on 09/19/2005 11:15:58 PM PDT by Señor Zorro ("The ability to speak does not make you intelligent"--Qui-Gon Jinn)
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To: Señor Zorro
But the meat of the argument is "how could a stupid, uncultured actor write this?"

And is easily answered by pointing out Shakespeare's equally uncultured actor/writer compatriots, who were producing works nearly as good and in a similar vein. Shakespeare blatantly ripped off plot lines from Marlowe. If Marlowe and Jonson could write their works, why not Shakespeare his?

14 posted on 09/19/2005 11:28:15 PM PDT by LexBaird (tyrannosaurus Lex, unapologetic carnivore)
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