Wednesday, October 19, 2005

This Just In: News from 400 years ago!

Whether or not William Shakespeare actually wrote the writings that bear his name is a debate that has been going on for decades at least...but most probably centuries. I'm guessing there was a William Shakespeare contemporary trying to take credit as Will's plays became more and more popular. But anyway, to the AP, this is all news:

Scholars Argue if Shakespeare Penned Plays
LONDON - Some scholars just won't let Shakespeare be Shakespeare. A small academic industry has developed to prove that William Shakespeare, a provincial lad from Stratford-upon-Avon, could not have written the much-loved plays that bear his name.