Hanging' with Mr. Shakespeare. Ask us anything.

[Aristus]

Get this: Will writes an Italian throw down for swords, and he thinks he's gangsta...

[ailsagirl]

1. Was Edward De Vere the "real" Shakespeare?

I think so

[Aristus]

3. No.

And by the way: Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Will is very sensitive about others getting credit for his work.

And as far as De Vere goes, supporters ignore the fact that while the is little direct evidence that Shakespeare wrote the plays, there is NO evidence that De Vere wrote them at all.

[ailsagirl]

5. This is true

Nonetheless, there are a lot of questions re the subject of authorship.

Fascinating, really

[Aristus]

7. None of the questions stand up to any real scrutiny.

Someone once remarked about the lack of documentary evidence for Shakespeare's authorship: "If, in four hundred years all that remained of you were a few parking tickets and some receipts, would that negate the things you had done with your life?"

[ailsagirl]

9. All that aside...

One of my favorite quotes, and there are many, is:

Lord, what fools these mortals be

[Aristus]

11. Puck from "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

It's almost as if Will was predicting his own immortality...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Here's your question, my dear Aristus...

What on earth is an Italian throw down?

I've never heard of such a thing...

[Aristus]

4. The sword fighting scenes from Romeo And Juliet.

What with all the moon, spoon, lovey-dovey impressions people have of the play, it's actually very violent...

Will is off at the other end of the bar, or he'd say 'hi'. I'll try to get his attention.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thanks!

[In_The_Wind]

8. How is Will enjoying being a gangsta ?

[Aristus]

10. "Oooh! Hullo, love!

Have a drink w'me while I tickle yer fancy!"

Um... I think he likes it, I_T_W...

[In_The_Wind]

12. Will is a scoundrel!

I don't believe that was my fancy he was attempting to tickle.

[Aristus]

13. If his attentions become unwanted, a sharp "Fie, guttersnipe!

Go to!" should get him to back off...

[In_The_Wind]

14. Indeed.

Will is na a gentleman tonight.

[Aristus]

15. Well, he was already about halfway along when I got here.

No poetry tonight. No Sonnets. He's trying to brainstorm a subject for tomorrow's WSTFTD. No luck yet.

Women are a distraction...

And you are very...um...distracting, I_T_W...

[In_The_Wind]

16. Well then, it seems as if there is a question that begs an answer ...

When a sheik has many wives it's called a harem ...

Would it be called a himem if a woman has more than one man in her life ?http://missamycakes.com/2013/11/26/why-every-girl-needs-a-man-harem/

[Aristus]

17. Where do I sign up?

I can be Intellectual Guy, Doctor Guy and Political Guy all in one!...

[In_The_Wind]

18. Can you hang a shelf ... that's level ?

Are you talented working with tools ? Can you build things ?

[Aristus]

19. Oh I can hang a shelf all right.

The number of books I've got? Necessary!

Not so good with cars, but shelves? I'm there.

I was a tank crewman in the Army, so I know my way around a tool box...

[panader0]

28. Bonnie Raitt--"Wha She Go Do"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gRsEXvBuzII
"And de woman feeling sexy, wha she go do, and de man is feelin sleepy, what she go do?"

I wish someone would teach me how to post videos. All I ever get is the wriiten link.

[In_The_Wind]

29. It's a great video. But I couldn't get it to post on DU either.

[IrishAyes]

20. HEY, WILLIAM !!!

I'm still furious with you for stiffing your wife in the will. Why couldn't you leave her more than a bed, precious as those were in your day? Sounds rather churlish to me.

[Aristus]

21. Under Elizabethan law, wives were entitled to one-half of the estate automatically

without a specific bequest in the will.

Will's mention of the second-best bed (the one they would have slept in, the best bed being reserved for guests) may have been a gesture of affection.

I'm not saying Will was a model husband, but he did give Anne the comfortable life of a country gentlewoman...

[hermetic]

22. Probably been asked before, but

Is this really what it's all about?

[Aristus]

23. Will says: "An admirable assay, mate,

but thou'rt still four lines short of a sonnet."

[hermetic]

24. Ah, well,

I saw it on FB yesterday and had to save it for you. And watch that "mate" stuff. That's no way to address a lady.

[Aristus]

25. But THIS is:

[hermetic]

26. Much better, thank you

[Lady Freedom Returns]

27. I know I am a little late for the party, but here is my question for the good Bard.

Have any advice for someone that sees the light at the end of the tunnel?