Re: Proof that 'Shakespeare' was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford

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From: Ignoto
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:10

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Panu wrote:
> On Feb 28, 11:12 pm, Ignoto <""ignoto \"@ blahblahblah.org"> wrote:
>> Panu wrote:
>>> On Feb 28, 5:00 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>> On Feb 28, 9:55 am, Panu <craoibhi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Feb 28, 3:47 pm, "Peter Farey" <pete...@rey.prestel.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> "Panu" wrote:
>>>>>>> Franz Gnaedinger wrote:
>>>>>>>> Proof that 'Shakespeare' was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford
>>>>>>> Who the hell is interested in Shakespeare anyway?
>>>>>> Rather more than those who are interested in Na'vi or Dnghe I suspect?
>>>>> I'm not talking about quantity, but quality. Besides, Shakespeare
>>>>> would not interest anyone if he wasn't so heavily subsidized.
>>>> What _are_ you talking about? (Both points.)
>>> You know perfectly well that Shakespeare is just a minor, obscure
>>> dramatist
>> Ok, well, perhaps you would like to tell us the name(s) of the major
>> english dramatist(s) of (1) the renaissance and (2) all time.
> 
> I couldn't care less about English dramatists - I didn't major in
> English studies.

IOW you have no idea what you are talking about.

> The fact that English is a world language is not
> exactly due to English literature or drama being particularly
> interesting.

And having confessed to a zero familiarity or interest in english drama 
your judgment is based on... ?

> And the fact that they haven't been able to produce one
> single memorable dramatist after that not-particularly-memorable
> scribbler, actually says it all.

What on earth are you talking about. There is a voluminous literature of 
memorable (or better) english drama:

Thomas Kyd
John Lyly
Christopher Marlowe
Thomas Middleton
William Shakespeare
John Webster
John Fletcher
Ben Jonson
Francis Beaumont
John Ford

William Wycherly
George Etherege
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
William Congreve

Terence Rattigan
Noel Coward
Harold Pinter
Simon Grey
Tom Stoppard
David Hare
Howard Brenton

Ign.

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