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
The Young Man and William Shakespeare
The story in this book is based on real life. He says, though the matter be handled poetically, yet there is something under these feigned names and shows that hath been done truly. And if that's true, then probably henry willoughby or henry co willobago is a fake name wright. But maybe h w and w s are the real initials of william shakespeare and the young man. If h w is the young man, who could he be? Who could be both a young, impulsive, attractive aristocrat and a player? Well, at this point we should note that sometimes plays, including shakespearian plays, were put on privately
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