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  • What Was Shakespeare Really Like? by Stanley Wells

    From marc hanson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 14 08:12:10 2023
    What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
    Stanley Wells review – Shakespearean speculation

    An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/14/what-was-shakespeare-really-like-by-stanley-wells-review-shakespearean-speculation

    marc

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to marc hanson on Thu Sep 14 16:26:37 2023
    On 9/14/23 11:12 AM, marc hanson wrote:
    What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
    Stanley Wells review – Shakespearean speculation

    An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/14/what-was-shakespeare-really-like-by-stanley-wells-review-shakespearean-speculation

    marc

    I have not read Wells’ book, but I can otherwise agree with Kinnear’s review as to its general observations. Like Jane Austen, Shakespeare, it
    seems, will always be a mystery.

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    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

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  • From bookburn@21:1/5 to John W Kennedy on Thu Sep 28 01:42:34 2023
    On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 12:26:50 PM UTC-8, John W Kennedy wrote:
    On 9/14/23 11:12 AM, marc hanson wrote:
    What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
    Stanley Wells review – Shakespearean speculation

    An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/14/what-was-shakespeare-really-like-by-stanley-wells-review-shakespearean-speculation

    marc
    I have not read Wells’ book, but I can otherwise agree with Kinnear’s review as to its general observations. Like Jane Austen, Shakespeare, it seems, will always be a mystery.

    --
    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

    One way to survey Shakespeare is how he measures up to a "renaissance man."

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