Comments on: Open Thread Friday

By: ReaderRedux

ReaderRedux — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:57:15 +0000

Laughed Out Loud
when I read this – but am just a tad slow in letting you know.
Built Stonehenge – those Drudges continue to mystify.

By: El_Gordo

El_Gordo — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:51:37 +0000

None of us can resist the power of a Drudge. I think I read somewhere that Stonhenge was built by Drudges. That´s some ancient mojo.

By: SebastianHGZ9

SebastianHGZ9 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:32:19 +0000

http://marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com/2008/12/o...

Not that I could change your mind . . .

By: SebastianHGZ9

SebastianHGZ9 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:20:08 +0000

Marlowe was a commoner. A cobbler's son . . . btw. The facts work against Shakespeare. Defies logic. All explained at http://marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com And this YouTube clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsJTbWF1-lg

By: SebastianHGZ9

SebastianHGZ9 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:20:08 +0000

By: SebastianHGZ9

SebastianHGZ9 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:20:08 +0000

By: SebastianHGZ9

SebastianHGZ9 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:17:59 +0000

Marlowe, although a cobbler's son, was educated at Cambridge – got an MA (btw, they wanted to deny him an MA due to excessive absences, but Elizabeth's inner circle intervened, since Marlowe was part of Her Majesty's Secret Service). He was a very good Latin translator early on. Theology major. The guy was VERY bright. And he pioneered blank verse in the plays written under his (Marlowe's) name. This is also a major sticking point with me. The Shakespeare plays are largely written in blank verse!

And he could crank out plays quickly. Look at how quickly he wrote the sequel to his smash hit Tamburlaine!

DeVere's dates work against him . . . and whatever he wrote under his own name was marginal.

What Marlowe wrote when he was "alive" was VERY successful and highly regarded.

http://www.marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com

By: El_Gordo

El_Gordo — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:02:31 +0000

In his defense, it´s genetic. You don´t always have a say in where your eyes go. Doesn´t matter if you´re happily married or 85. Or so I´ve heard. So I don´t blame Barry for that. But his rotten ideology, rotten methods, rotten pals and rotten policies, they are by choice.

By: SebastianHGZ9

SebastianHGZ9 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:53:40 +0000

I read Mr. Sobran's book!!!! And I greatly respect Sobran.

Can we agree it wasn't Shakespeare??

I like Pinksen's Marlowe's Ghost.

By: ReaderRedux

ReaderRedux — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:58:15 +0000

Kevin Costner movie "Mr. Brooks" depicts this — is interesting but not great movie.
I know: not a very scientific reply.