What Was Shakespeare Really Like? by Stanley Wells

[marc hanson]

What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
Stanley Wells review – Shakespearean speculation

An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/14/what-was-shakespeare-really-like-by-stanley-wells-review-shakespearean-speculation

marc

[John W Kennedy]

Post by marc hanson
What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
Stanley Wells review – Shakespearean speculation
An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/14/what-was-shakespeare-really-like-by-stanley-wells-review-shakespearean-speculation
marc

I have not read Wells’ book, but I can otherwise agree with Kinnear’s
review as to its general observations. Like Jane Austen, Shakespeare, it
seems, will always be a mystery.

[bookburn]

Post by John W Kennedy

Post by marc hanson
What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
Stanley Wells review – Shakespearean speculation
An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/14/what-was-shakespeare-really-like-by-stanley-wells-review-shakespearean-speculation
marc

I have not read Wells’ book, but I can otherwise agree with Kinnear’s
review as to its general observations. Like Jane Austen, Shakespeare, it
seems, will always be a mystery.
--
John W. Kennedy
Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

One way to survey Shakespeare is how he measures up to a "renaissance man."