All About Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is undoubtedly one of England's most well-known and treasured authors. His plays were exceedingly popular during his life, and according to legend, they brought him and his family much fame and affluence. Since his death, however, evidence has been uncovered which suggests that the William Shakespeare of
playwright fame may not have been the same individual documented in the historical
records of Stratford-upon-Avon. According to The Shakespeare Conspiracy, a book by
Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman, the actual documentation of Shakespeare's life is
meager at best.
Of all his contemporary poets and dramatists-- such as Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, Gabriel Harvery, Thomas Nashe, John Donnes, John Fletcher, Thomas Lodge, Robert Greene, Philip Sidney, George Chapman, Thomas Heywood, Francis Beaumont, John Lyly, Ben Johnson, Thomas Kyd, George Peele, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, and John Webster-- Webster is the only playwright of whom we know......
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