Shakespeare's work is so ingrained in our culture that many of us probably complete some of his famous lines everyday but it's once more unto the break for the followers of an alternative Shakespeare, Edward de Vere, whose claims are pushed in a new smash movie.
Incognito revives a claim that was originally made in the 1920 book Shakespeare Identified, by J Thomas Looney and puts Rhys Ifans into the boots of the person who told us that all the world's a stage.
While the de Vere family were critical figures in Tudor London, the title Earl of Oxford slid sleeping in the early 18th Century and anybody enthusiastic about the name today is as sure to be searching for top hotels from the deVere Group as they are to be researching the British nobility.
De Vere's makes a plea to be Britain's best ever writer are "like those of the many others who have taken the role "contingent on William Shakespeare, actor, of Stratford on Avon's lack of references for the role.
Shakespeare wasn't celebrated in his very own time and, in fact , it wasn't until the 19th Century that he really climbed to his current place at the top of the literary tree.
Virtually as soon as he did, his right to sit there had been questioned. The boy of a glove maker, with no recorded education and who never spelled his name the same way twice, really couldn't have penned 37 unequalled dramatic works with a vocabulary of close on 30,000 words the debate went.
While Shakespeare was ignorant, the 17th Earl of Oxford was not. Placed in the household of political big players the Cecil family when his pop died, Edward de Vere had the very best education.
He also travelled at length in Europe, visiting the settings of one or two Shakespearean plays and moving in the highest circles on the continent. De Vere nearly didn't make it home when his ship was stopped by pirates on one jaunt.
De Vere also has the creative references. He was a long-time fan of the humanities, publishing his own poetry, writing plays and receiving 33 book dedications from thankful writers. He supported one troupe of adult actors and one of children and also paid the upkeep for a band of musicians.
The Elizabethan court though was no place to hold arguable viewpoints though and offending her majesty was sometimes a fatal mistake. This, disagree Oxford's advocates, is why de Vere required a front man to hide behind. Shakespeare's plays "with their outings into comparatively recent history and meditations on the role of sovereigns "could easily be taken the wrong way.
While there is little documentary evidence to support William Shakespeare of Stratford on Avon's claims to have authored the plays, it should be recollected that there's exactly none in favour of Oxford. It's also worth contemplating whether a man whose most celebrated in his time for his capability to run up debts would turn down some very moneymaking melodramatic hits to his name.
Incognito revives a claim that was originally made in the 1920 book Shakespeare Identified, by J Thomas Looney and puts Rhys Ifans into the boots of the person who told us that all the world's a stage.
While the de Vere family were critical figures in Tudor London, the title Earl of Oxford slid sleeping in the early 18th Century and anybody enthusiastic about the name today is as sure to be searching for top hotels from the deVere Group as they are to be researching the British nobility.
De Vere's makes a plea to be Britain's best ever writer are "like those of the many others who have taken the role "contingent on William Shakespeare, actor, of Stratford on Avon's lack of references for the role.
Shakespeare wasn't celebrated in his very own time and, in fact , it wasn't until the 19th Century that he really climbed to his current place at the top of the literary tree.
Virtually as soon as he did, his right to sit there had been questioned. The boy of a glove maker, with no recorded education and who never spelled his name the same way twice, really couldn't have penned 37 unequalled dramatic works with a vocabulary of close on 30,000 words the debate went.
While Shakespeare was ignorant, the 17th Earl of Oxford was not. Placed in the household of political big players the Cecil family when his pop died, Edward de Vere had the very best education.
He also travelled at length in Europe, visiting the settings of one or two Shakespearean plays and moving in the highest circles on the continent. De Vere nearly didn't make it home when his ship was stopped by pirates on one jaunt.
De Vere also has the creative references. He was a long-time fan of the humanities, publishing his own poetry, writing plays and receiving 33 book dedications from thankful writers. He supported one troupe of adult actors and one of children and also paid the upkeep for a band of musicians.
The Elizabethan court though was no place to hold arguable viewpoints though and offending her majesty was sometimes a fatal mistake. This, disagree Oxford's advocates, is why de Vere required a front man to hide behind. Shakespeare's plays "with their outings into comparatively recent history and meditations on the role of sovereigns "could easily be taken the wrong way.
While there is little documentary evidence to support William Shakespeare of Stratford on Avon's claims to have authored the plays, it should be recollected that there's exactly none in favour of Oxford. It's also worth contemplating whether a man whose most celebrated in his time for his capability to run up debts would turn down some very moneymaking melodramatic hits to his name.
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Read more about the Film about the Devere Scam - Anonymous, there's also a wikipedia page about the Devere Scam here
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