Post by coldenhaulfield on Mar 29, 2017 23:08:20 GMT
Mar 29, 2017 22:50:39 GMT @weirdraptor said:
Also, the idea that Shakespeare can't have written about nobility or royalty due to not being in the upper class himself is hogwash. The idea that someone had to live something to write about it is actually a pretty new concept and frankly not true.
Here's Ian McKellen, then:
Article Link: McKellen's thoughts
So is McKellen still clinging stubbornly to the traditional view that a man called William Shakespeare from a relatively humble background in Stratford-upon-Avon was the greatest genius in English literature? ‘Oh yes. I think so.’ He freely concedes that others might also have been involved.
‘It’s clear that Shakespeare wrote plays with other people, that’s in the nature of the job. Odd as it may sound, every episode of [the American sitcom] Will & Grace is written by 12 people. There are 20 people who write Coronation Street. I did ten episodes and each was written by a different author, but the audience couldn’t tell, they were brilliant at it.’
His friends believe Shakespeare was too poorly educated to have written the plays himself.
‘Does it matter? It’s evident to me that the man who wrote the plays loved the theatre. He thinks as an actor. One of Shakespeare’s greatest contributions to human thought is that “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players”. Human beings act. Animals don’t act. We disguise ourselves, we pretend. That all seems to add up to being some professional who was well steeped in theatre and doing this as a full-time job.’
‘It’s clear that Shakespeare wrote plays with other people, that’s in the nature of the job. Odd as it may sound, every episode of [the American sitcom] Will & Grace is written by 12 people. There are 20 people who write Coronation Street. I did ten episodes and each was written by a different author, but the audience couldn’t tell, they were brilliant at it.’
His friends believe Shakespeare was too poorly educated to have written the plays himself.
‘Does it matter? It’s evident to me that the man who wrote the plays loved the theatre. He thinks as an actor. One of Shakespeare’s greatest contributions to human thought is that “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players”. Human beings act. Animals don’t act. We disguise ourselves, we pretend. That all seems to add up to being some professional who was well steeped in theatre and doing this as a full-time job.’
I'm fine with leaving it there, since it's essentially unprovable.