The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 16.0882  Thursday, 5 May 2005

[1]     From:   Peter Bridgman <
 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 >
        Date:   Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:20:07 +0100
        Subj:   Re: SHK 16.0872 Shakespeare Biography

[2]     From:   Arthur Lindley <
 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 >
        Date:   Thursday, 5 May 2005 09:10:37 +0800
        Subj:   RE: SHK 16.0872 Shakespeare Biography


[1]-----------------------------------------------------------------
From:           Peter Bridgman <
 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 >
Date:           Wednesday, 4 May 2005 18:20:07 +0100
Subject: 16.0872 Shakespeare Biography
Comment:        Re: SHK 16.0872 Shakespeare Biography

Elliott Stone writes of a friend's reaction to Greenblatt's book ...

 >He told me that he was distressed to find
 >how many times that credibility had been lent to matters over which
 >there was genuine doubt.

Personally I find that the hypothetical areas of the biogs (the lost
years, WS' sexuality, the identity of WH and/or the young man, the
identity of the dark lady, etc.) are usually the least interesting.

Peter Bridgman

[2]-------------------------------------------------------------
From:           Arthur Lindley <
 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 >
Date:           Thursday, 5 May 2005 09:10:37 +0800
Subject: 16.0872 Shakespeare Biography
Comment:        RE: SHK 16.0872 Shakespeare Biography

I am, 'doubtless', either na