RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted April 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24 19 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: I refer my honourable colleagues to https://sirbacon.org/shakespearemyth.htm 😉 Paul Merton had the ultimate riposte to the Baconian, Oxfordian, etc. authorship fantasies: they are the product of snobbery by people who can't accept that the greatest poetry and drama the world has ever heard was written by someone who spoke with a Brummie accent. This was illustrated by a rendition of the "To be or not to be" monologue in perfect Brummie... 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hroth Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 42 minutes ago, jbqfc said: But why is he slaying her pet dragon? You can clearly see its on a lead, being taken for a walk! 1 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted April 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24 22 minutes ago, Hroth said: But why is he slaying her pet dragon? You can clearly see its on a lead, being taken for a walk! Welsh Byrstyrd XL, on the prohibited dragons list 😉 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 3 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Paul Merton had the ultimate riposte to the Baconian, Oxfordian, etc. authorship fantasies: they are the product of snobbery by people who can't accept that the greatest poetry and drama the world has ever heard was written by someone who spoke with a Brummie accent. This was illustrated by a rendition of the "To be or not to be" monologue in perfect Brummie... Yes. I don't buy it either. These were groups of "players" that performed plays for decades and they probably evolved to become more complex as time went on. They would have all chipped in with ideas and Shakespeare was probably the one that wrote it all down. As for people saying he couldn't write that much stuff. Haven't they seen the amount of books some of these modern authors churn out? 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 2 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: As for people saying he couldn't write that much stuff. Haven't they seen the amount of books some of these modern authors churn out? Also applies to J S Bach, as noted by Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 1 minute ago, proton said: Also applies to J S Bach JS Bach? Wasn't he a founding member of Bachmann Turner Overdrive? 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Bachman, one "n". I don't think they're related, at least I hope not.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Wasn't he in Skid Row? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted April 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24 1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said: Wasn't he in Skid Row? I have NEVER been there!!!! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) 3 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Wasn't he in Skid Row? That was Sebastian Bach. steve Edited April 24 by steve1 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 29 minutes ago, steve1 said: That was Sebastian Bach. steve Ah, but that's his stage name. Real name is Sebastian Philip Bierk and I would guess he knew about the composer due to being from a church choir background. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Bach 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Steamport Southport Posted April 25 Popular Post Share Posted April 25 A Cockney is doing well on "Who wants to be a Millionaire" and he's got £500,000. Chris Tarrant asks him the big question. " For £1million, who was the great train robber? Was it: A, Ronnie Barker... B, Ronnie O'Sullivan... C, Ronnie Corbett or D, Ronnie Biggs?" The Cockney says "I'll take the money please Chris." Chris reminds him that he still has his 3 life-lines left. Cockney replies "I'll just take the money Chris." "You don't want to phone a friend or ask the audience? Not even a fifty fifty?" asks Chris. "No thanks, I'll just take the money Chris" "OK" says Chris, looking bemused "Give him a round of applause ladies and gentlemen, he goes away with £500,000, however before you go you'll obviously want to know what the answer is." Cockney said "No thanks Chris. I knew the answer." "You knew it anyway! Are you mad? Why didn't you answer it?" asks Chris Cockney says, "I might be many things Chris....but I ain't no grass." 1 1 1 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted April 25 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 25 I will defend that the plays weren't written by Shakespeare but by somebody else with the same name. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 5 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: A Cockney is doing well on "Who wants to be a Millionaire" and he's got £500,000. Chris Tarrant asks him the big question. " For £1million, who was the great train robber? Was it: A, Ronnie Barker... B, Ronnie O'Sullivan... C, Ronnie Corbett or D, Ronnie Biggs?" The Cockney says "I'll take the money please Chris." Chris reminds him that he still has his 3 life-lines left. Cockney replies "I'll just take the money Chris." "You don't want to phone a friend or ask the audience? Not even a fifty fifty?" asks Chris. "No thanks, I'll just take the money Chris" "OK" says Chris, looking bemused "Give him a round of applause ladies and gentlemen, he goes away with £500,000, however before you go you'll obviously want to know what the answer is." Cockney said "No thanks Chris. I knew the answer." "You knew it anyway! Are you mad? Why didn't you answer it?" asks Chris Cockney says, "I might be many things Chris....but I ain't no grass." 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 23 hours ago, Hroth said: But why is he slaying her pet dragon? You can clearly see its on a lead, being taken for a walk! Usual thing with artists, daubings bear no relation to writings. That's why they have given up on realism and gone all random... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 26 19 hours ago, newbryford said: Stonehinge....... Much easier to adjust for Daylight Saving! 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Sled Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 25 minutes ago, Stray said: You stupid boy......... Somebody had to say it! 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 1 hour ago, Stray said: What goes around comes around... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 26 But don't tell him Pike! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 On 23/04/2024 at 11:46, Steamport Southport said: St George's Day today, also William Shakespeare's birthday and death day. It's a good job he did write all that stuff rather than Francis Bacon as some suggest, as all those fine actors would have ended up working for the Royal Bacon Company. Franz Schultz claims he wrote all of Shakespeare's works. Schultz also claims that his wife and him wrote the sonnets* *Monty Python, "Stake your Claim Sketch" 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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