Myth of the Month 10: Who Was Shakespeare? -- pt. 1: The Monument and the Man
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
The Last Reference in Writing Print to William Shakespeare Before He Died in 1616
Shakespeare was one of the king's men. His acting troop received royal patronage from james the first so maybe there's something being alluded to here, about a missed opportunity that shakespeare messed up and somehow failed to get into the good graces of the king or the royal court. Could also mean something about being overly pompous, acting like a king - which would be in line with most of the other allusions that we've seen thus far. But that is the last reference in writing print to william sh Shakespeare before he died in 16 16. Everything else about him, from the first folio onward, is all posthumous.
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