William Shakespeare was really...

[BurtWorm]

Poll question: William Shakespeare was really...

[Worst Username Ever]

1. Gay.

[Deja Q]

10. with Francis Bacon!

:D

[ieoeja]

2. I voted he was really him, but ...

... 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.

[BurtWorm]

3. Are you sure you're not thinking of Rob Petrie?

;)

[Richardo]

15. That's hilarious, BurtWorm...

HA! :D

[politicat]

8. Collaborative efforts.... writers have always been pretty collaborative.

If he were alive now, he'd be writing for Hollywood.

PCat

[Jawja]

4. I voted for

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 :)

[Lefty48197]

5. He was a prevert.

Have you read his sonnets?

[tjdee]

6. Ah, me favorite parts!

The sonnets rrrrooooccck.

[politicat]

7. Ummmm... He was father of Hamnet and Susannah and Judith and

husband of Anne...

Of course, spelling was very variable, but no daughter named Juliet. Only the play.

Pcat

[BurtWorm]

12. I would have known that if I thought it were he.

But I don't. ;)

[politicat]

17. You're welcome to your conspiracy theory.

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.)

Pcat

[BurtWorm]

18. "the freedom to believe wrong or unprovable things"

That about sums up the case for Will Shaxper. ;)

[H2O Man]

9. "other"=

King James.

[Swamp Rat]

11. Other

His real name was Guilherme Sacudelança, from Lisboa - he was a Portuguese spy for the Spanish throne. Bill Quakestick was another alias.

[Richardo]

13. An infinite number of monkeys typing for an infinite number of years....

:)

[Screaming Lord Bob]

14. other: a Lounge Lizard!

He's here now, isn't he????

[BurtWorm]

16. Screaming Lord Billy?

:o

[Wat_Tyler]

19. A time traveller from the 23rd Century.

Like Buck Rodgers, but literary.