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To: lfod1776
whose last will and testament makes no mention of any manuscripts or other literary property

You mean that he didn't leave the movie rights to his heirs? In our day, it seems odd that he may not have put that in his estate, but in 1616, it would have been unusual.

10 posted on 04/23/2006 8:15:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: nickcarraway

"You mean that he didn't leave the movie rights to his heirs?"

Not only that, but he didn't mention owning any books in his will. In the early 17th century books were scarce and very valuable property. It seems that the purported author of all of those great plays didn't own any book. He did pointedly bequeath his second-best bed to his wife, and a goodly sum of money to his illiterate daughter.


13 posted on 04/23/2006 9:22:23 PM PDT by lfod1776
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