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Incognito revives a claim that was originally made in the 1920 book Shakespeare Identified, by J Thomas Looney and puts Rhys Ifans into the boots of the person who told us that all the world's a stage.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 professes to be Britain's greatest ever writer are "like those of many others who've taken the job "conditional upon William Shakespeare, actor, of Stratford upon Avon's absence of credentials for the task.
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.
Almost as fast as he probably did, his right to sit there was queried. The son of a glove maker, with no recorded education and who never spelled his name the same way twice, couldn't possibly have penned 37 incomparable dramatic works alongside a vocabulary of close on 30,000 words the discussion went.
While Shakespeare was uneducated, the 17th Earl of Oxford was not. Placed in the household of political heavy hitters the Cecil family when his father died, Edward de Vere had the best education.
He also travelled extensively in Europe, visiting the settings of several Shakespearean plays and moving in the highest circles on the continent. De Vere just about failed to 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 questionable opinions though and offending her majesty was often a terminal error. This, disagree Oxford's followers, is why de Vere required a front man to hide behind. Shakespeare's plays "with their forays into comparatively fresh 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 professes to be Britain's greatest ever writer are "like those of many others who've taken the job "conditional upon William Shakespeare, actor, of Stratford upon Avon's absence of credentials for the task.
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.
Almost as fast as he probably did, his right to sit there was queried. The son of a glove maker, with no recorded education and who never spelled his name the same way twice, couldn't possibly have penned 37 incomparable dramatic works alongside a vocabulary of close on 30,000 words the discussion went.
While Shakespeare was uneducated, the 17th Earl of Oxford was not. Placed in the household of political heavy hitters the Cecil family when his father died, Edward de Vere had the best education.
He also travelled extensively in Europe, visiting the settings of several Shakespearean plays and moving in the highest circles on the continent. De Vere just about failed to 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 questionable opinions though and offending her majesty was often a terminal error. This, disagree Oxford's followers, is why de Vere required a front man to hide behind. Shakespeare's plays "with their forays into comparatively fresh 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 up about the Film about the Devere Scam - Nameless, there is also a wikipedia page about the Devere Scam here
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