Possibly the greatest playwright to have ever lived, it is devastating (to me, atleast) to think that his works of art were not, well, his. Or that he even existed.
But, I don't buy into the Shakespeare authorship controversy. I simply don't believe it's true. I just don't.
Shakespeare was way too credited for his works during his liftetime.
He was known.
I will not plead
If I deny, I am condemned already,
In courts where ghosts appear as witnesses
And swear men's lives away. If I confess,
Then I confess a lie, to buy a life,
Which is not life, but only death in life.
--William Wadsworth Longfellow
“I have just been biding my time
Sharpening my axe
And learning your every move
"I will teach you how to humor your cousin, that she shall fall in love with Benedick, and I, with your two helps, will so practice on Benedick that in despite of his quick wit and his queasy stomach, he shall fall in love with Beatrice" (2.1 362-366).
Shakespeare has been considered one of the greatest playwrights of all time, and his plays are included among some of the finest literary masterpieces even to this day. However, even talented playwrights sometimes struggle to make every play production a brilliant success.
