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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

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Is There a Dark Lady?

There is evidence that shakespeare had some close personal relationship with the earl of southampton. And all this was all happening in the early 15 nineties, at the same time that willoughby hisavisa was published. If we except that it seems that w s and h w are real people, then who is avisa? And if she is, the woman who is pursued and betrayed by w s? And h w is she the dark lady? So this question has been asked before. Could she be a saint george's house? Maybe an inn or a brothel?"

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