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Your love for Shakespeare is obvious by your knowledge of his work love.
posted by
WileyJohn
on August 19, 2016 at 9:40 AM
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My sisters and I were the kind of fans of Shakspeare that communicated with each other in Shakespearese. Thus we laughed a lot.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 18, 2016 at 6:33 PM
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Ah yes - The Merchant of Venice. In our high school play, I read Portia's lines. Lovely memory. Thanks for bringing it back!
posted by
adnohr
on August 18, 2016 at 5:56 PM
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That is how I look at Shakespeare as well. It is tough to prove otherwise.
I remember we had a blogger here named Windtapper. Her Blogit name changed throughout the years. She often wrote about how Shakespeare was writing in some sort of code. It was very interesting, but I thought that it was a reach.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on August 18, 2016 at 2:51 PM
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Kabu
I've read all kinds of stuff about him, and right here on my desk I have a copy of Eric Sams, The Real Shakespeare. It's all great fun, but in the end matters not a whit - the man's work endures, and that's all that matters...
posted by
Nautikos
on August 18, 2016 at 2:01 PM
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Kabu
I, too, have immensely enjoyed The Merchant of Venice, and it is a work we studied nearly line-by-line in school. You make a very salient point; it matters not who wrote those works of art; what matters is that they are still relevant, and are here for all who wish to enjoy them. Although there is great debate about the true author, regardless of who (s)he was, imho, that person's wish was to let the writings be and remain, the works of one named 'Shakespeare.' Great post, S. Sister!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on August 18, 2016 at 11:09 AM
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I've heard debates among drunk scholars over whether those lines
were Shakespeare's, or if they were quotes from the Bible. There were a number of English majors who hung out at the Stagger Inn back when grandma went to college.
posted by
Pat_B
on August 18, 2016 at 10:47 AM
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