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    The nurse can't read so she asks about R....

    The nurse can't read so she asks about R.
    Rosemarie comes from rhyming, it's for remembrance.
    Any old dog I think.
  2. Thread: Will's wife

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    [point of order] "second BEST bed" is mentioned...

    [point of order] "second BEST bed" is mentioned which only refers to the bed which they slept in. [/point of order]
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    What of the hundreds of other scholars who refute...

    What of the hundreds of other scholars who refute that position. Honestly, My2cents, everyone knows what Nash and Greene thought of Shakespeare. It isn't a mystery.
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    You're misreading. Nash and Greene were...

    You're misreading. Nash and Greene were criticising the author of those plays as an "Upstart Crow". There can be little doubt that they despised the man.
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    Sonnets in the French

    Some years ago while in Québec I was shown a work of fiction which was an intentional misprinting of Shakepeare's sonnets in French. The author was listed as Guilliame Chaquespiere or something...
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    Mike, I'm afraid you are chasing wild geese all...

    Mike, I'm afraid you are chasing wild geese all over the place. There is more than enough evidence for us to determine that Shakespeare is the man, the man from Stratford, the writer of the works in...
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    They fall in love very quickly so that would...

    They fall in love very quickly so that would indicate .... ?
    And even though their families are locked in a deadly feud they are hopeful so ... ?
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    This is why you fail. You likely don't...

    This is why you fail.

    You likely don't research what you read either which is why it's easy to follow a string of half truths to an erroneous conclusion.
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    Normally I would agree, but perhaps there is a...

    Normally I would agree, but perhaps there is a reasonable response worth posting.

    The Anatomy of a Good Conspiracy:

    1. Start out with a Gish Gallop

    Look at that, all lies. We have many...
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    Now I begin to understand your error a little...

    Now I begin to understand your error a little better. You believe that the stylometric and circumstantial 'evidence' you are interpreting (with confirmation bias) to be as relevant and indeed as...
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    Allan, I could supply a point by point refutation...

    Allan, I could supply a point by point refutation of your last post but suffice it to to say that you are incorrect on all your points. (Are you prepared to discover for yourself how? if not, why...
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    I believe you are suffering from a confirmation...

    I believe you are suffering from a confirmation bias.


    There is no reason to believe otherwise. NO evidence from the period has ever come forward to suggest that the plays were written by anyone...
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    Oh stop it AllanAlbert, you're killing me....

    Oh stop it AllanAlbert, you're killing me. :rofl::rofl::rofl:


    Except for the fact that they both wrote for the same company and engaged in a friendly rivalry through their works and that Johnson...
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    I just read them, but there can be no doubt in my...

    I just read them, but there can be no doubt in my mind that they are better read aloud in a group. Everybody gets assigned some roles to read (even at the start of each scene and the roles can change...
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    Looks good.

    Looks good.
  16. I recommend Henry V, Romeo & Juliet and King...

    I recommend Henry V, Romeo & Juliet and King Lear. Perhaps more than any other plays they show us Shakespeare's perception of Elizabethan morality. All have characters who are clearly pursuing...
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    When I couldn't find the reference on my...

    When I couldn't find the reference on my bookshelf I just started Googling. I don't know who the guy/gal is or what their belief/agenda might be, but they were nice enough to provide the family tree....
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    Not quite so fast please. Patron, almost...

    Not quite so fast please. Patron, almost certainly, but related as well. Not first cousins, but cousins still.

    http://www.vukutu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/WS-RS-HW-Tree-Klause-2008.jpg
  19. Thread: Branagh's Hamlet

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    'Wrong'? Certainly not. In drama, usually...

    'Wrong'? Certainly not. In drama, usually anything which 'raises the stakes' as we say is a good thing.
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    A workman, a manual labourer.

    A workman, a manual labourer.
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    How about the princes Guiderius and Arviragus...

    How about the princes Guiderius and Arviragus raised in poverty in the wilderness by a banished nobleman to be gentlemanly themselves?
  22. 1. Don't put capital letters at the beginning of...

    1. Don't put capital letters at the beginning of every word.

    2. 'Motive Hunting' is a confusing turn of phrase.
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    http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showpost.p...

    http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showpost.php?p=631206&postcount=11
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    We are not told in the play. Holinshead would...

    We are not told in the play. Holinshead would seem to indicate that it occurred at MacDonald's castle. Surely there were too many battles between the Norse and the Scots during Duncan's reign and no...
  25. Thread: How many witches?

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    I think this scene is commonly held to be a...

    I think this scene is commonly held to be a later, post mortem, addition, commonly attributed to Middleton if I'm not mistaken. Who knows what he may have been thinking.
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