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It is also highly unusual for Brits to be gay.
It is practically heard of for Brit playwrights to be gay.
The Times is mistaken, methinks.
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So the evidence is pretty compelling, you have to admit ...
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There is a lot of evidence that Marlowe was the man with the real gift.
He was a page to a noble as a youngster, a spy in her Majesty's Secret Service, privy to Royal Courts, well-traveled, educated in Latin, Greek and the classics at Cambridge and proved his talent with early works like Faustus and Edward the II.
Shakespeare had little formal education, had likely never traveled further than London and its environs, did not leave behind a SINGLE BOOK in his will, etc. etc.
Of course we have to believe that Marlowe faked his death and wrote from exile.
The bottom line for me is that there is no substantial proof that Shakespeare wrote all of the works attributed to him. There is also no conclusive proof that it was Marlowe, Bacon, de Vere or Stanley either.
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There’s a ton of evidence that there was a man named Shakespeare who wrote plays, acted, and ran a theatre company. There is no evidence that anyone was involved in a conspiracy to author works anonymously and attribute them to a "Shakespeare."
Where is the letter revealing the secret? Just one letter is all it would take, one diary page, out of the reams of paper kept and traded among all of those who would have been involved. But there is nothing. Nothing.
It’s a fun game to play—how do we know what we know?—but at the end of the day, you have to go where the evidence is.
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Twelfth Nut
Henry IV's Parts
Merkin of Venice
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Romeo and Julio
As You Lick It
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O, Fellow.
King Leer
Ass You Like It.
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Thou countenence is unbeknownst to us.