Shakespeare digression

Jesus refers to Hobbes Choice

:slight_smile: * giggle*

Nothing important. I wouldn’t trouble yourself. :slight_smile:

And it’s not my meme, you of course are welcome to it. :slight_smile:

What are you talking about?

Although a certain amount of tangential discourse and banter is allowed in MB, the same ILP rules apply here as they do on the formal boards… you have all been warned.

There are few persons from the Elizabethan era that we know so much about as Shakespeare, and for sure WS has more written about him, and there is more of a paper trail of Ws that any other literary figure of his time.
There is no positive evidence for the attribution of any of his works for another author.

Was this also a forgery?

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22661992

What if Shakespeare used ghost writers? It is quite possible. If demands on his time increased , his time to write decreased, but, demands for his work either remained or increased. Its his work he just subbed it out. Maybe?

Maybe he was a slave driver who had lots working doing the job for him, paid them nothing and then he took all the glory.

Either is possible :slight_smile:

I think the whole Shakespeare didn’t write 'em controversy began when some scholars noted that the plays contained a humungus vocabulary, not the typical word choices available to commoners.
bardweb.net/language.html

Yes, but of course the prejudiced and rather classist assumption from the early Victorian period was unjustified.
The Elizabethan period was a period of cultural growth and population decline. Wealth from the New world was creating more opportunities and a growing middle class was enjoying access to books that their ‘high born’ contemporaries had less interest in.
WS was part of a new literati benefiting from the abundance of books, and in a profession that was roundly scorned by the “high born”, as entertainers.

I for one am glad you men do not dress like that anymore. :slight_smile:
Wether he did it all or not, the work stands on it’s own.

According to Wiki answers, the average university professor has command of about 15,000+ words, whereas Shakespeare had command of about 60,000 words.

Do you prefer today’s fashion with men having baggy trousers which give the impression they were falling down? :slight_smile:

“Forever in bluejeans.”

Jabs I am not even a cougar, That fashion is a bit young for my tastes. Although it is more seemly than the 70s spandex fad :slight_smile:

I had to read in a dictionary what you meant by cougar.

By the way in the USA do builders have a reputation for showing a bit of their bums as they bend down whilst working, it is commonly referred over here as builder’s bum, it is a kind of fashion as well. :smiley:

Carpenter crack, mechanic’s breather, there are different names for that little show :slight_smile: It all depends upon what region you are in. The older they get the more is shown with out care. It cracks everyone up :slight_smile: :slight_smile:
The size of the belly decides how much gets shown. We work for a fence company. I am walking to the office to report in, I get a comment from one of the guys " Hey Kris your husband needs to put a fence around that crack." I look over and there is my love kneeling and bending over a tractor repairing it. Yep, crack city. I could only smile and reply that I am just his wife not his keeper, that would be our boss’s job. :slight_smile:
It is nice to know some stlyes are worldwide