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Mon Sep-27-04 04:46 PM
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| Poll question: William Shakespeare was really... |
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Mon Sep-27-04 04:49 PM
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Mon Sep-27-04 07:16 PM
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Mon Sep-27-04 04:50 PM
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| 2. I voted he was really him, but ... |
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... that doesn't necessarily mean he personally wrote every word himself. I believe it was a common practice of the era for a head writer to employ a staff. Or not.
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Mon Sep-27-04 04:51 PM
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| 3. Are you sure you're not thinking of Rob Petrie? |
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Tue Sep-28-04 08:38 AM
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| 15. That's hilarious, BurtWorm... |
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Mon Sep-27-04 07:01 PM
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| 8. Collaborative efforts.... writers have always been pretty collaborative. |
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If he were alive now, he'd be writing for Hollywood.
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Mon Sep-27-04 05:08 PM
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Edited on Mon Sep-27-04 05:08 PM by Jawja
husband of Ann Hathaway and father of 2 children; but he is also the author of "King Lear," "MacBeth," "Hamlet," "Romeo & Juliet," "Henry V," "Richard III," etc. etc.etc.
That should be a selection in the poll :)
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Mon Sep-27-04 05:15 PM
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Have you read his sonnets?
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Mon Sep-27-04 05:19 PM
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| 6. Ah, me favorite parts! |
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The sonnets rrrrooooccck.
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Mon Sep-27-04 07:00 PM
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| 7. Ummmm... He was father of Hamnet and Susannah and Judith and |
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husband of Anne...
Of course, spelling was very variable, but no daughter named Juliet. Only the play.
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Tue Sep-28-04 08:36 AM
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| 12. I would have known that if I thought it were he. |
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Tue Sep-28-04 03:42 PM
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| 17. You're welcome to your conspiracy theory. |
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the great thing about intellectual freedom is the freedom to believe wrong or unprovable things.
*grin* (No offense meant - I consider this one of those harmless controversies that is an eccentricity, not a matter of national priority.)
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Tue Sep-28-04 03:44 PM
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| 18. "the freedom to believe wrong or unprovable things" |
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That about sums up the case for Will Shaxper. ;)
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Mon Sep-27-04 07:15 PM
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Mon Sep-27-04 07:24 PM
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His real name was Guilherme Sacudelança, from Lisboa - he was a Portuguese spy for the Spanish throne. Bill Quakestick was another alias.
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Tue Sep-28-04 08:37 AM
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| 13. An infinite number of monkeys typing for an infinite number of years.... |
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Tue Sep-28-04 08:38 AM
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| 14. other: a Lounge Lizard! |
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He's here now, isn't he????
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Tue Sep-28-04 08:52 AM
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| 16. Screaming Lord Billy? |
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Tue Sep-28-04 03:47 PM
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| 19. A time traveller from the 23rd Century. |
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Like Buck Rodgers, but literary.
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