I have just completed the reading of Bill Bryson's
excellent 'Shakespeare: The World As A Stage.' in which he examines all known facts about the
bard - of which the numbers run into dozens rather than hundreds. I thoroughly
enjoyed the well-researched little volume.
The best part was the last chapter as he blasted all
the anti-Stratfordians out of the water.
These are those sad people who like to fool themselves
into thinking - for reasons too unintelligible to fathom - that Shakespeare did
not produce the Shakespearean canon but 'fronted it for someone
else'.
Yes, indeed. That final chapter was a real
purler!
