Thou beslubbering motley-minded gudgeon!
With the new film “Anonymous” questioning whether the works of William Shakespeare’s were all “a fraud” and the fascinating event, a while back and reignited recently, of Sir Derek Jacobi, and others, questioning the authorship of much, if not all, of The Bard’s works (HERE and HERE) I was reminded of the natty “Shakepseare Insult Kit” or “Taunter”
There are many writers, authors, poets, actors and thinkers who have doubted the Bard’s authenticity, including Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin, and even Sir John Gielgud
You might want to take a look at the insulter but I don’t reckon you can take it…
…You starvelling, you eel-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, you bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish–O for breath to utter what is like thee!-you tailor’s-yard, you sheath, you bow-case, you vile standing tuck!
(Henry IV, part I)
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Ha, ‘much ado about nothing’!
It’s as though bloggers are coming out of hibernation.
Careful about doubting the Bard. Before we know it, the Americans bombed the twin towers and we will be avoiding jabs for our children.
Best wishes
David
Hawes
Yes. And Elvis works in our chip shop by the way