As I said in my last blog, one of the main objections to Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford being the real writer of Shakespeare's work is that he died in 1604 and was buried in Hackney, then a small village east of London. According to the lit. crit. experts, Shakespeare continued writing until about 1613; his last two plays being The Tempest and Henry VIII.
No problem say the Oxfordians, led by J.Thomas Looney (remember, according to him, pronounced 'Loney'). While it is true that our hero died twelve years before the Bard, before he died, he must have left several plays unfinished. These were later completed by his followers. This sounds possible but not all of the Oxfordians are happy with this idea. They say that the plays were written by Oxford, but before the dates that the aforementioned lit. crit. experts put forward.
Another Oxfordian detail which proves that the Earl of Oxford wrote the Bard's plays comes from this family crest:
Oxford had the subsidiary title of Viscount Bolobec, and the above crest, with its broken spear implies Shake-shaft and then on to Shakespeare. The Oxfordians back up this theory by quoting a speech made in London in 1587 by the Elizabethan scholar and poet, Gabriel Harvey. (see Jon Michell, Who Wrote Shakespeare, p.172 for the actual speech)
Finally, a little piece of smelly trivia in connection with the Earl of Oxford. According to the 17th cent. diarist and gossip, John Aubrey (1626-1697), he wrote the following in his book, Brief Lives..
This Earl of Oxford, making of his low obeisance to Queen Elizabeth, happened to fart, at which he was so abashed that he went to travel for seven years. On his return the queen welcomed him home and said, "My lord, I had forgotten the fart."
And on this gaseous note, I will finish with the Earl of Oxford and next time deal with another famous Elizabethan best-selling playwright who wrote Shakespeare: Christopher Marlowe.
Read, enjoy and comment on: dlwhy08@gmail.com. Thank you.
No problem say the Oxfordians, led by J.Thomas Looney (remember, according to him, pronounced 'Loney'). While it is true that our hero died twelve years before the Bard, before he died, he must have left several plays unfinished. These were later completed by his followers. This sounds possible but not all of the Oxfordians are happy with this idea. They say that the plays were written by Oxford, but before the dates that the aforementioned lit. crit. experts put forward.
Another Oxfordian detail which proves that the Earl of Oxford wrote the Bard's plays comes from this family crest:
Oxford had the subsidiary title of Viscount Bolobec, and the above crest, with its broken spear implies Shake-shaft and then on to Shakespeare. The Oxfordians back up this theory by quoting a speech made in London in 1587 by the Elizabethan scholar and poet, Gabriel Harvey. (see Jon Michell, Who Wrote Shakespeare, p.172 for the actual speech)
Finally, a little piece of smelly trivia in connection with the Earl of Oxford. According to the 17th cent. diarist and gossip, John Aubrey (1626-1697), he wrote the following in his book, Brief Lives..
This Earl of Oxford, making of his low obeisance to Queen Elizabeth, happened to fart, at which he was so abashed that he went to travel for seven years. On his return the queen welcomed him home and said, "My lord, I had forgotten the fart."
And on this gaseous note, I will finish with the Earl of Oxford and next time deal with another famous Elizabethan best-selling playwright who wrote Shakespeare: Christopher Marlowe.
Read, enjoy and comment on: dlwhy08@gmail.com. Thank you.
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