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

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From: Harlan Messinger
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:25
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bobgrumman@nut-n-but.net wrote:
>> Of course we have heard of Oscar Wilde (an Irishman), George Bernard
>> Shaw (another Irishman), Eugene O'Neill (an American), Tennessee
>> Williams (another American), and Arthur Miller (another American).
>> August Wilson is unknown to me, but Tom Stoppard sounds vaguely
>> familiar.
>>
>> It is obvious that Americans excel in drama,
> 
> Actually, America has not yet produced a first-rate (performed)
> playwright.  WIlliams, O'Neill and Miller aren't even second-rate.

Such a remark would lead one to wonder what its maker thinks the 
criteria are for declaring someone to be a first-rate, or even 
second-rate, playwright.
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From: Harlan Messinger <hm.usenetremoverthis@gavelcade.com>
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Subject: Re: Proof that 'Shakespeare' was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford
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