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VAE VICTUS
12-19-2005, 18:19
William Shakespeare may well have been the greatest man England has ever produced, but he is also one of the most elusive. Virtually everything known of the facts of his life seem to belie the transcendent genius of his plays and poems. His parents were illiterate; he grew up in a small provincial town in which lived no more than a handful of educated men. His schooling ended at thirteen. There is no evidence that he owned a book. No manuscript definitely known to be by him survives. There are only six copies of his apparent signature, all on legal documents, where the name may have been written by a lawyer or clerk. Of the seventy-five known contemporary documents in which Shakespeare is named, not one concerns his career as an author. Most are legal and financial documents which depict him as a particularly cold, rapacious, and successful local businessman and property developer.

Shakespeare’s life between his marriage in 1582 to Anne Hathaway and his emergence as an actor and presumed writer nearly ten years later is a mystery period in which biographers have credited him with all manner of employment, as a law clerk, soldier, schoolmaster, traveller on the Continent, ...
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ok so did he really write all the stuff i had to read in high school?
honestly.does this mean santa is real?
but really any real speculation that he didnt write a everything hes credited with?

Mouzafphaerre
12-19-2005, 18:47
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One of the most popular subjects of revisionism. Yeah, aliens built the pyramids and Shakespeare didn't write anything. ~:handball:
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ShadesWolf
12-19-2005, 21:14
The aspects I find interesting are his selection of storys.

Historical figures would be easy(ish) to produce. (Richards III, Henry V etc)

But when you get onto the tragedies, the likes of Romeo and Juliet, Othello etc you have to ask questions.

And again with the comedies, you have an italian link , the likes of Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merchant of Venice , All's Well That Ends Well etc.,




His parents were illiterate; he grew up in a small provincial town in which lived no more than a handful of educated men. His schooling ended at thirteen. There is no evidence that he owned a book

So it does make you wonder if it was one person and over how long a period did he write.

VAE VICTUS
12-19-2005, 22:03
im not saying he didnt write it, but what is known of him for sure?was it another guy named shakespeare?
im just throwing out ideas here

Mouzafphaerre
12-20-2005, 03:29
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I didn't intend to imply that you say anything. The conspiracies have been around ever since.
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