Myth of the Month 10: Who Was Shakespeare? -- pt. 1: The Monument and the Man
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Shakespeare, Among the English, Is the Most Excellent in Both Kinds
In 15 90, the poet john weaver published a poem called ad gulielmum shakespeare. It praises sh Shakespeare's published poems, mainly venus and adonis. So some one, it seems at least, was already appreciating shakespeare as a master of the poetic line. This passage also tells us a good bit about what plays had been written and performed by 15 98.
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