Sir Thomas More
November 19, 2021
From the British library the only original manuscript to survive of Shakespeare’s is “Sir Thomas More” generally ascribed to Anthony Munday but on closer examination
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From the British library the only original manuscript to survive of Shakespeare’s is “Sir Thomas More” generally ascribed to Anthony Munday but on closer examination
There is no adherence to historical accuracy in Macbeth by Shakespeare, the murder of his uncle Duncan is actually derived from the murder of an
This largely “Roman Play” was intended as a possible sequel to Julius Caesar (1599) first presented at the newly constructed Globe Theatre but was delayed
Having supposedly contracted the plague, Edward de Vere died in July 2nd 1604 leaving a number of plays and poems which are in need of
The main or central source for Othello was the novella from Cinthio’s Hecatommithi (The Hundred Tales, published in 1565), an English translation of which was
The literary sources for this play are derived from “The True Chronicle of King Lear” which features in the Historia Regum Brittanae 1140 by Geoffrey
Shakespeare’s imagery and vast literary references include the legal and social elements of the Inns of Court, geography, history, war and weaponry, sports and games,
One particular Stratfordian academic theory highlights the Catholic leanings of the Shakspere family and the so-called “the lost years” and “the lost facts” that biographers
It is somewhat uncertain exactly when William Shagspere left for London but I suspect either the Earl of Warwick’s Men, who were transferred to the
Alongside of the myth of Shakespeare’s humble and unassuming character is the popular assertion of Stratfordian academics that Shakespeare’s work is largely eclectic, that he