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"I think being a woman is like being Irish." — Iris Murdoch
Every Man His Own Shakespeare
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booksand every woman
booksand every womanLast night I finished reading Elise Broach's Shakespeare's Secret to Emma. It's a good novel for teenage girls... One element that the story forms around is a necklace that once belonged to Anne Boleyn, and this necklace proves — or at least gives a strong indication — that Edward de Vere was both Shakespeare and the son of Elizabeth I.
Being a rather reductive, skeptical soul, I tend to believe that Shakespeare was Shakespeare.
HOWEVER...
... as I was reading, I thought back to one of my teachers in college, who had written a book that proved (!) that Kit Marlowe was Shakespeare, and I grew a little nostalgic... I asked myself, Why can't *I* have a Shakespeare theory? Who can *I* say Shakespeare was?
Of course, it would have to be a woman, and it couldn't be Elizabeth I. That's too obvious, too trite. Maybe I could say (in passing) that Elizabeth I was an alien from outer space. But I used to be quite interested in the Elizabethan era... I could probably find a woman who would make a passable Shakespeare.
Maybe I could say that Will Kemp was really a woman, or Kit Marlowe? We'll see how it develops. I'll have to do some research before I figure out who Shakespeare really was — to me.
Being a rather reductive, skeptical soul, I tend to believe that Shakespeare was Shakespeare.
HOWEVER...
... as I was reading, I thought back to one of my teachers in college, who had written a book that proved (!) that Kit Marlowe was Shakespeare, and I grew a little nostalgic... I asked myself, Why can't *I* have a Shakespeare theory? Who can *I* say Shakespeare was?
Of course, it would have to be a woman, and it couldn't be Elizabeth I. That's too obvious, too trite. Maybe I could say (in passing) that Elizabeth I was an alien from outer space. But I used to be quite interested in the Elizabethan era... I could probably find a woman who would make a passable Shakespeare.
Maybe I could say that Will Kemp was really a woman, or Kit Marlowe? We'll see how it develops. I'll have to do some research before I figure out who Shakespeare really was — to me.
