Myth of the Month 10: Who Was Shakespeare? -- pt. 3: "The Maiden's Organ"
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
Is Mister W H the Earl of Pembroke?
In the dedication, the young man is referred to as mister w h. It was never used to refer to a noble lord, like an earl. Could this be just a further veiling, a sort of further trick to conceal the man's real identity? Maybe it was some uch more obscure person that no one has noted. He may have been some sort of performer that shakespeare knew from the theatrical world. In sonnet number enty, he addresses the young man and says, a woman's face with nature's own hand painted hast thou. So maybe on some level, he's contrasting the young man with actors. And there are clues to this, particularly in son
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