Who was Shakespeare?

[Glenn]

Dammit Glenn!
The paper is due Tuesday, so when I began doing my research last night at 10:00, I thought I had it figured out!
Now, you have raised the distinct possibility that Nipsey Russell has been fooling all of us for 400 years! That fucker!

He was quite crafty.

His gameshow poetry was quite dissimilar to his literary work.

Nipsey was a renaissance man, to be sure.

[Zip Goshboots]

On May 29, 1593, John Penry, convicted for a part in the Marprelate Controversy (a series of pamphlets detailing the supposed evil tactics of the Church of England), was whisked away from his cell at The Tower, and without notice to family, lawyer, or friends, hanged in the middle of the night. There remains no record of a formal autopsy or burial of his body.
The next day a crime was allegedly committed which altered the course of history, and which played a part in igniting one of the hottest controversies known to man.
And no, Nipsey Russell did not "Stagecoach" jack someone.

[Zip Goshboots]

Lots of activity on the "Off Topic" forum. New threads, revisiting old ones.
What is one to make of this? I smell a rat.
Someone, or someones, are out to bury my Shakespeare thread. It is a conspiracy.
That's OK. We're embroiled in a conspiracy after all. The conspiracy to bury the real author of the stories attributed to Shakespeare.
But I shall fight on; I shall endeavor to uncover this great mystery, even if I have to do it alone.

[Uncle Mxy]

Shakespear's Sister is partly from Detroit, and named Marcella.
This tidbit might also help you in your quest.

[Zip Goshboots]

Marcella, you say? This is getting interesting. First Nipsey Russell, and now the inevitable Detroit connection!
Kind of reminds me of a local newscast teaser during "Sweeps" month.
"This is Bill Bonds HIC reporHICting BELCH. Coming up during happy hour, I mean, the Six O'ClockHIC BELCH News, new evidence unerffedHIC indicates that ShingsBELCH may have helped Henry BELCH Ford HIC invent Cars!"

[Zip Goshboots]

[JS]

Zip have you looked into Shakespeare epitaph, it is part of the mystery.

GOOD FREND FOR JESUS SAKE FORBEARE TO
DIGG THE DUST ENCLOASED HEARE.
BLEST BE YE MAN YT SPARES THES STONES AND
CURST BE HE YT MOVES MY BONES

Modern English

Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosèd here. Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.

According to the story Shakespeare wrote the epitaph, to discourage grave robbers while others felt the real reason was to hide his identity. To this day no one has ever opened the tomb because of the curse many believe.

[Zip Goshboots]

I have not heard of or looked into that JS. Thanks, I'm going to check on that.
I have found out that many doubt even the EXISTENCE of "Wiliam Shakespeare", or that my suspected ghost writer assumed his identity.
One problem I have with the second theory is that many post 1632 sightings and writings of my suspect have emerged.
That is very interesting.

[Zip Goshboots]

[Zip Goshboots]

I give you the REAL Shakespeare:
http://www2.localaccess.com/marlowe/...t/pamphlet.htm

http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/rey/chap5.htm