[Northkeep] Anonymous

[Tina Michael]

I'm in, in full regalia!
Tina
loves a dressup party

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Jennifer Carlson <talana1 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> The movie follows one of the many theories about the "true" author of
> Shakespeare's works: that it was Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford.  Some
> theories also claim he was Elizabeth I's illegitimate son.
>
> There are more theories about who wrote Shakespeare's plays than there are
> about who really shot Kennedy, or what really happened to John Wilkes Booth.
>  Some people just can't swallow the idea of an uneducated actor being the
> voice of his age, so they come up with all sorts of things.  The de Vere
> theory is most popular, but my favorite is that the plays were written by a
> Jewish woman who had a post in the court bureaucracy, and that the "Dark
> Lady of the Sonnets" was based upon herself, and that Shylock's great
> soliloquy came from the heart.  There is also a cool theory that
> "Shakespeare" was a brand name, like Martha Stewart or V.C. Andrews, in that
> there was a real person by that name, but the works were a collaborative
> effort, kind of like the writing teams that produce most TV scripts these
> days.
>
> But, there's no reason why they couldn't have been written (and in my
> opinion, probably were) by Willy himself.  Yes, even he says he had "little
> Latin and less Greek" and we know from the historical records that he had
> only a rudimentary education, but in an era where few read, there is more
> emphasis on the spoken word and just because he wasn't a litterati like de
> Vere doesn't mean he wasn't erudite, and poets come from every strata of
> society.
>
> It's going to be gorgeous, fun, and it's chock-full of major actors like
> Derek Jacoby and Vanessa Redgrave, who is playing Elizabeth I instead of
> Mary of Scots this time.  What's got my curiosity up is that it's directed
> by Roland Emmerich, best known for "Independence Day," "The Day After
> Tomorrow," "Universal Soldier" and "Godzilla."  Now, the the reign of
> Elizabeth was not without its mayhem and chaos, but I'm curious to see what
> he does with it.  Apparently part of the film covers the Essex rebellion.
>
> In servicio,
>
> Talana
> Major Shakespeare geek
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