This documentary looks at Shakespeare and only considers a little of the evidence to tell the viewer that the author Shakespeare was not written by the man from Stratford-upon-Avon. Pure rubbish!
For a long time there has been doubts about Shakespeare. But consider:
1. Shakespeare did not live in a time of biography such as today. Look for biography about others from his age. So the fact that there is little left behind is not unusual and is the norm.
2. From the time of the beginning of the stage, a play's author did not just send his work over and be done with it. A professional writer told me writing is rewriting. Plays are rehearsed and rewritten with the authors participating with the director, actors and producers. To think Bacon or de Vere could just send a completed work and be done with it is not workable.
3. Many of his plays were actually written with co-authors. Kind of hard to do if you want to keep the true author hidden.
4. The female parts were played by young boys. The acting ability of these boys varied widely and Shakespeare had to write their parts based on what they were capable of. Kind of hard to do if you just throw a completed play over the transom.
5. The stages of the Globe and Blackfriars were so different in size and Shakespeare wrote using the available size depending where they were to be performed. Marlowe and de Vere obviously could not have anticipated the move to Blackfriars and unlikely unless the author was closely connected to the company.
6. Fiction writing does not have to be based on biography. Douglas Adams wrote the Hitchhiker books without discovering what 42 was the answer to. H.G. Wells wrote War of the Worlds didn't he? It is very likely Shakespeare had a better education than a lot kids get today. People knew about the city of Venice and Shakespeare even performed for the king.
There are other reasons but please do not swallow this 'documentary' without learning the arguments supporting the man from Stratford. I give it a second star just for hopefully getting people to learn more about the man and his great works.
For a long time there has been doubts about Shakespeare. But consider:
1. Shakespeare did not live in a time of biography such as today. Look for biography about others from his age. So the fact that there is little left behind is not unusual and is the norm.
2. From the time of the beginning of the stage, a play's author did not just send his work over and be done with it. A professional writer told me writing is rewriting. Plays are rehearsed and rewritten with the authors participating with the director, actors and producers. To think Bacon or de Vere could just send a completed work and be done with it is not workable.
3. Many of his plays were actually written with co-authors. Kind of hard to do if you want to keep the true author hidden.
4. The female parts were played by young boys. The acting ability of these boys varied widely and Shakespeare had to write their parts based on what they were capable of. Kind of hard to do if you just throw a completed play over the transom.
5. The stages of the Globe and Blackfriars were so different in size and Shakespeare wrote using the available size depending where they were to be performed. Marlowe and de Vere obviously could not have anticipated the move to Blackfriars and unlikely unless the author was closely connected to the company.
6. Fiction writing does not have to be based on biography. Douglas Adams wrote the Hitchhiker books without discovering what 42 was the answer to. H.G. Wells wrote War of the Worlds didn't he? It is very likely Shakespeare had a better education than a lot kids get today. People knew about the city of Venice and Shakespeare even performed for the king.
There are other reasons but please do not swallow this 'documentary' without learning the arguments supporting the man from Stratford. I give it a second star just for hopefully getting people to learn more about the man and his great works.