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Oxfordian

2011-08-18T05:08:00Z

Mythbuster: sp, fixed link to Bacon, minor ce

[[Image:Edward-de-Vere-1575.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford'' (1575) unknown artist after lost original, National Portrait Gallery, [[London]]]]

An '''Oxfordian''' is someone who supports the Oxfordian Theory of Shakespeare Authorship, i.e., that the plays and poems traditionally attributed to [[William Shakespeare]] of Stratford — including some of the greatest plays in the English language — were actually written by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, an Elizabethan nobleman who lived between 1550 and 1604. Oxford has been the leading alternate candidate, since first being proposed in the 1920's.

According to early authorship doubters, Shakespeare of Stratford's documented biography appeared to be in contrast to his reputation as a writer, spawning theories he might not have been the original author. Supporters of alternate authorship theories, known as anti-Stratfordians, maintain Shakespeare of Stratford's lack of education, and the author's intimate knowledge of politics, science, law, medicine and royal pastimes, provide doubts he did not write the works ascribed to him. In addition to Oxford, numerous alternate candidates have been proposed, including Sir [[Francis Bacon]], [[Christopher Marlowe]], and William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby.

Mainstream Shakespeare scholars discount the Oxfordian theory, noting that, according to their own chronology, several of Shakespeare's works postdate Oxford's death in 1604.<ref>Schoenbaum, S. (1991). Shakespeare's Lives (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp 433-4. ISBN 978-0-19-818618-2.</ref> Oxfordians, however, maintain none of Shakespeare's works have been proven to have been written after 1604, and note that the standard chronology was developed to match the years of the Stratford man.<ref>Anderson, Mark. "Shakespeare" by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, The Man Who Was Shakespeare. Gotham, 2005 (expanded paperback edition 2006). pp. 400-405</ref> The debate has continued into the 21st century.

==History of the Oxfordian Theory==
Like most issues about the debate over Shakespeare's authorship, documenting the history of the Shakespeare authorship question is often contentious. There is no agreement, academic or otherwise, as to when the debate was first proposed or alluded to. Stratfordians (those who follow the standard attribution) assert that during the life of William Shakespeare and for more than 200 years after his death, no one suggested that anyone other than Shakespeare wrote the works.<ref>Bate, Jonathan (1998). The Genius of Shakespeare. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512823-9. p. 73; </ref> However, most Oxfordians believe that several 16th and 17th century Elizabethan works hint that the Shakespearean canon was written by someone else,<ref>Price, Diana. ''Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography'' (2001), 224-26.</ref> and note that the first generally accepted allusions to Shakespearean authorship arose in several 18th century satirical and allegorical works.<ref>Friedman, William F. and Elizebeth S. ''The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined'' (1957), pp. 1-4, quoted in ''Shakespeare and His Rivals'', George McMichael, Edward M. Glenn, eds. (1962) pg. 56</ref>

==Edward de Vere==
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, has been the strongest alternate candidate for the past 90 years,<ref>Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford entry at Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, 2007 | url=http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9374297/Edward-de-Vere-17th-earl-of-Oxford; Satchell, Michael, Hunting for good Will: Will the real Shakespeare please stand up?, U.S. News & World Report, 2000-07-24 | url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/doubleissue/mysteries/shakespeare.htm; McMichael, George and Edgar M. Glenn. ''Shakespeare and his Rivals: A Casebook on the Authorship Controversy.'' Odyssey Press, 1962. p. 159.</ref> After being proposed in the 1920s, Oxford rapidly overtook Bacon to become the most popular alternative candidate.<ref>Wadsworth, 121.</ref>

Oxfordians point to the acclaim of Oxford's contemporaries regarding his talent as a poet and a playwright, his reputation as a concealed poet, and his personal connections to London theatre and the contemporary playwrights of Shakespeare's day. They also note his long-term relationships with Queen [[Elizabeth I]] and the Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, his knowledge of court life, his documented education, academic and cultural achievements, and his wide-ranging travels through France and Italy to what would later become the locations of many of Shakespeare's plays.

The case for Oxford's authorship is also based on perceived similarities between Oxford's biography and events in Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and longer poems; parallels of language, idiom, and thought between Oxford's personal letters and the Shakespearean canon;<ref>Fowler, William Plumer. [http://ruthmiller.com/revealed.htm ''Shakespeare Revealed in Oxford's Letters.''] Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall, 1986.</ref> and underlined passages in Oxford's personal bible, which Oxfordians believe correspond to quotations in Shakespeare's plays.<ref>Stritmatter, Roger A.[http://www.shakespearefellowship.org/virtualclassroom/bibledissabsetc.htm"The Marginalia of Edward de Vere's Geneva Bible: Providential Discovery, Literary Reasoning, and Historical Consequence"] (PhD diss., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2001). Partial reprint at ''The Shakespeare Fellowship''.</ref> Confronting the issue of Oxford's death in 1604, Oxfordian researchers cite examples they say imply the writer known as "Shakespeare" or "Shake-speare" died before 1609, and point to 1604 as the year regular publication of "new" or "augmented" Shakespeare plays stopped.

==References==
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2011-08-05T01:15:41Z

Mythbuster: wiki commons image upload request

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==[[Federalist Papers]]==
* <s>Need new [[File:The Federalist book title page.jpg]], from U.S. Library of Congress image: [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/madison/images/vc16.jpg LOC-16], page shows year 1788 (MDCCLXXXVIII), proving papers printed as a book 1 year later. License: public domain, life of author plus 170 years (last to die: [[James Madison]] in 1836).</s>

[http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Fed_Papers1787_Cover.jpg Here you go.] --<big>[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]</big>/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 03:13, 17 June 2010 (EDT)

==[[Aswan Dam]]==
<s>Need new [[File:Aswan Dam Lake Nasser.jpg]], from U.S. NASA astronaut photo ISS017-E-20975: [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ESC/small/ISS017/ISS017-E-20975.JPG NASA-975], photo (made by NASA personnel) shows [[Aswan High Dam]], lower [[Aswan Dam]], Lake Nasser, [[Philae Temple]] island, 1st cataract of the [[Nile]], [[Arabian Desert]], Libyan Desert, etc. No hurry on this.</s> -[[User:CVeritas|CVeritas]] 21:27, 17 June 2010 (EDT)

-Done: [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Aswan.JPG] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:13, 18 June 2010 (EDT)

==[[Joseph P. Lash]]==

<s>[http://www.geneaarchives.com/bacmresearch/affiliate/completeset/eroose2.jpg FBI memo] relating report from G-2 (Army Counterintelligence) claiming to have recorded a tryst between Communist youth leader Joseph Lash and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt</s> [[User:FOIA|FOIA]] 14:16, 15 July 2010 (EDT)
:Done --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 14:28, 15 July 2010 (EDT) [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Eroose2.jpg]

==[[Ringo Starr]]==

<s>I need the image for an attempt to improve the [[Ringo Starr]] article.</s> {{Unsigned|Gamma287}}-- 14:08, 27 July 2010

:[http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Ringo_Starr.jpg Here you go.] --<big>[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]</big>/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 17:57, 27 July 2010 (EDT)

== [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]] ==
I generated ten graphs for [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]].

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I would appreciate if they could be named as stated, i.e., bcw-001.png, bcw-002.png, etc.

I forgot one, sorry:

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[[User:RonLar|RonLar]] 13:25, 3 August 2010 (EDT)

:All uploaded. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 13:33, 3 August 2010 (EDT)

Thanks! [[User:RonLar|RonLar]] 13:34, 3 August 2010 (EDT)

== [[Uncyclopedia]] ==

Hi. Please upload http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090115235635/uncyclopedia/images/b/bc/Wiki.png for fair use in the Uncyclopedia article. Thanks! [[User:Keepscases|Keepscases]] 16:55, 14 August 2010 (EDT)

:: Done. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 21:08, 16 November 2010 (EST)

== [[Rick Scott]] ==
<s>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottforflorida/4517644139 For use on Rick Scott's article. This is the same Creative Commons image used at Wikipedia.]</s> [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] 15:05, 2 September 2010 (EDT)

:Done [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Rick_Scott.jpg] Sorry for the delay in uploading. I will put in the page for you.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:20, 16 November 2010 (EST)

==White House Photostream Images==

<s>Please upload the following official White House photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/4891369859/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3860767412</s>

For use on the [[List of Obama First Family Vacations]] article.

:Done [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:4891369859.JPG] [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:3860767412.JPG] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:15, 16 November 2010 (EST)

==[[Tin(II) oxide]]==
Have <s>a</s>some "homemade" public domain images that I would like to upload. It is on my computer. Thanks, --[[User:LanthanumK|L]][[User talk:LanthanumK|K]] 11:55, 16 November 2010 (EST)
:Send to our email account and I will upload. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:16, 16 November 2010 (EST)
::Will do --[[User:LanthanumK|L]][[User talk:LanthanumK|K]] 13:20, 16 November 2010 (EST)
:::A few more are there than just this photo. I think that all will be useful here. --[[User:LanthanumK|L]][[User talk:LanthanumK|K]] 13:31, 16 November 2010 (EST)
::::Give me another day to upload all eight pics. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:56, 16 November 2010 (EST)
:::::Someday. Why is uploading so strictly guarded around here? --[[User:LanthanumK|L]][[User talk:LanthanumK|K]] 20:49, 16 November 2010 (EST)
::::::Several photos didn't upload properly. I am done with the rest. [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Small_pickerel_frog_on_rock.JPG] [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Cobalt_carbonate.JPG] [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Copper_ammonia_sulfate_original.JPG] [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Zinc_burning.JPG] Also, I don't know the reason behind the strict photo upload policy. I can only guess that since we allow liberals to edit here and some will attempt to be devious and upload porn. The liberal media such as the AP has demanded we remove pics from our site. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 14:15, 17 November 2010 (EST)
:Thanks. --[[User:LanthanumK|L]][[User talk:LanthanumK|K]] 14:45, 17 November 2010 (EST)

==Political and historical figures==
<s>[http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g375/BishoiH/hitler_mufti.jpg Mufti of Jerusalem], historical copyright expired 
[http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g375/BishoiH/zapatero.jpg Zapatero] Fair use, not AP 
[http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g375/BishoiH/Castro.jpg Castro] Fair use, not AP </s>
{{unsigned|BishoiH}}
:Done [http://conservapedia.com/File:Hitler_mufti.jpg] [http://conservapedia.com/File:Zapatero.jpg] [http://conservapedia.com/File:Castro.jpg]--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:55, 16 November 2010 (EST)

==Michael Steele Muppet==
"Muppet" version of Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele from [[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]

http://pieceofmind.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/steele1.jpg
:A liberal comedian mocking a conservative. I think you found the wrong wiki. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:42, 18 January 2011 (EST)

Actually, I wanted to use that photo to demonstrate Jon Stewart's borderline sophomoric attempts to slander respectable conservative figures. [[User:Kjacket|Kjacket]] 22:58, 18 January 2011 (EST)

==Better Antarctica Image==
<s>I was searching the web to see if I could get a better idea of what exactly the colors on the Antarctica map in the [[Global Warming]] article mean when I found a better, labeled version ([http://sciblogs.co.nz/journeystotheice/files/2010/05/NASA-1024x933.jpg]) of the image that is currently being used (File:Composite_antarctic_NASA.jpg). I suggest the more informative version of the file be uploaded as a replacement. --[[User:Toadaron|Toadaron]] 01:41, 4 February 2011 (EST)
:Has anyone considered this request? Does this page get checked regularly?</s> --[[User:Toadaron|Toadaron]] 22:39, 17 February 2011 (EST)
::Done [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:NASA-1024x933.jpg] Please consider changing your username to reflect your real name and last initial. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:02, 17 February 2011 (EST)

==Comic About the "Scientific Method"==
I thought [http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=761 this] comic might be good for [[pseudoscience]] or a related article, if admins think it is appropriate (not that it is off-color or anything) and if it qualifies as fair-use. --[[User:Toadaron|AaronT]] 19:30, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:I don't see a problem with inclusion however first you need permission from the author's site. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:50, 15 March 2011 (EDT)
[http://www.phdcomics.com/about.htm] ''"We'll be happy to grant you permission, but you MUST e-mail us at questions(at)phdcomics.com to let us know how and which strips you are using (by sending this email, you obtain official permission to use the images). In all cases, the strips must have the following text printed next to them: "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com"''

==Chihuahua==

I've got a good picture for the Chihuahua page but I'm unsure of how to go about adding it.

==Runescape==
the current picture on the page (a guy in rune armor mining a rock) is rather dated in appearance, and [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110209064323/runescape/images/thumb/e/e3/Varrock_fountain.png/507px-Varrock_fountain.png]although not showing any actual players doing something, does show the graphics ingame as they stand and a well known and common location for players to be in, and as such would be a better image for the page. im assuming since its able to be on the runescape wiki it can be here as well. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 22:24, 29 May 2011 (EDT)

: Please provide a better source to see the copyright of the image. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 22:27, 29 May 2011 (EDT)
::Im going to have to ask around on the wiki and will try to get back as soon as i can ^_^. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 22:39, 29 May 2011 (EDT)
:::Based on answers i got from the wiki IRC chat, they have permission to use it as long as they acknowledged its jagex's stuff. should work for us too. I can't find a page that speceficly says the copyright though. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 22:43, 29 May 2011 (EDT)

==Fallout image==
well, since i havent gotten anywhere on runescape, and it atleast has an image... how about for the fallout article im improving? [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:EarthAfterGreatWar.png with their reasoning for the right to use the image just below the image itself], having a picture showing how the world looks, if a little unclear on what is going on in it; helps improve the article in my opinion. [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:Fallout_World_Tag.png also works although i am unsure of the copyright on the picture]--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 22:46, 19 June 2011 (EDT)

==[[Hillary Clinton]]==

Please upload the following pictures of Ms. Clinton to the colleage section of her article. They provide a unique and authentic sight to her character during her formative years. I've added them several times to Wikipedia but the censors there only allow flattering, approved-by-the-party pictures of liberal politicians.

[http://i.imgur.com/UUQWP.jpg]
[http://i.imgur.com/Ljdy4.jpg]

Both pictures were published on Life's edition of 20th June 1969.
Regarding the copyright, "Getty Images represents and syndicates the entire LIFE Picture Collection" as stated in http://www.life.com/service/faq#q10 and Getty allows the use of their pictures as "Editorial Licensed Material" meaning "Licensed Material relating to events that are newsworthy or of public interest.." which is the case. The pictures were taken to illustrate an article about a public event at Wellesley University. You will find the whole License Agreements document here: http://www.gettyimages.com/Corporate/LicenseAgreements.aspx#RM --[[User:Trueseeker|Trueseeker]] 20:12, 29 June 2011 (EDT)

==Sally Kern photo==

<s>This is the link to Sally Kern's official [http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Pictures/HiRes/Kern,%20Sally.jpg photo]. I didn't see anything about copyright, but it's from the link provided on the Oklahoma House of Representatives' page for Kern. Thanks!</s> [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 13:37, 8 July 2011 (EDT)
:Done [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Sally.jpg] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:40, 8 July 2011 (EDT)
::Thanks! I think I'm having a blonde moment here. When I click on the link, the picture doesn't show up on that page. There's a thumb copy, and I can click on where the photo should be and it goes to the full-res copy, but not the "Sally.jpg". What am I doing wrong? [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 10:47, 9 July 2011 (EDT)

==[[Rodger W. Young]]==
Could somebody please upload [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rodger_Young.jpg this image] for the article. It's public domain. Thanks! [[User:TracyS|TracyS]] 11:57, 24 July 2011 (EDT)
:[http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Rodger_Young.jpg Done]. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] 15:22, 26 July 2011 (EDT)

==Image request==
Can someone upload this public domain image [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward-de-Vere-1575.jpg] for the article [[Oxfordian]]? Thanks.[[User:Mythbuster|Mythbuster]] 00:13, 29 July 2011 (EDT)

==Elvis Presley==
<s>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis_presley.jpg]</s> <s>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis_Presley_1970.jpg]</s> <s>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YoungElvisPresley.jpg]</s> Thanks!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 22:27, 31 July 2011 (EDT)
:Done. [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Elvis_presley.jpg] [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Elvis_Presley_1970.jpg] [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:YoungElvisPresley.jpg] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 12:45, 1 August 2011 (EDT)

==[[Bob Seger]]==
<s>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bob_Seger_crop.jpg]</s>--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 22:28, 31 July 2011 (EDT)
:Done. [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Bob_Seger_jpg.jpg] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 12:45, 1 August 2011 (EDT)

==Jimmy Buffett==
<s>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmy_Buffett_1.jpg]</s> <s>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmy_Buffett.jpg]</s>--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 22:29, 31 July 2011 (EDT)
:Done. [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Jimmy_Buffett_1.jpg] [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Jimmy_Buffett.jpg] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 12:45, 1 August 2011 (EDT)

==[[Regis Philbin]]==
<s>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Regis_Philbin_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival_140x190.jpg]</s> Thanks!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 10:21, 1 August 2011 (EDT)
:Done. [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Regis_Philbin_2009.jpg] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 12:45, 1 August 2011 (EDT)
==[[Monopoly (board game)]]==
<s>[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monopoly_board_on_white_bg.jpg]</s> Thanks!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 09:58, 2 August 2011 (EDT)
:Done. [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Monopoly_board.jpg] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 11:35, 2 August 2011 (EDT)

Thanks!!!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 11:44, 2 August 2011 (EDT)

==[[Obama administration deficit spending]]==
Still waiting on a response for this chart [http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loy9sdR5Hj1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg here] which is based on data from the Congressional Budget Office and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Its significance is not partisan (who’s “to blame” for the deficit) but intellectual. It demonstrates the utter incoherence of being very concerned about a structural federal deficit but ruling out of consideration the policy that was largest single contributor to that deficit, namely the Bush-era tax cuts.

Thanks {{unsigned|Brittain}}

:That chart is cherry picked, rosy "projection" and is meaningless. But but but...? It is intellectually dishonest and can only be found on liberal websites. A slightly older lefty chart promoting the same kind of bull [http://www.pensitoreview.com/Wordpress/wp-content/themes/mimbo2.2/images/graph-863k-jobs-created-09-101.jpg]. You'll notice the authentic "based on U.S. Labor Department statistics" as a ref.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 10:01, 4 August 2011 (EDT)

==Image request==
Can someone upload this public domain image [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward-de-Vere-1575.jpg] for the article [[Oxfordian]]? Thanks.[[User:Mythbuster|Mythbuster]] 00:13, 29 July 2011 (EDT)

William Shakespeare

2011-07-29T19:21:22Z

Mythbuster: clarify school attendance, correct minor sp error.

[[Image:Foliou.jpg|right|thumb|[[portraits|Engraving]] of William Shakespeare on the cover of the First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays]]
'''William Shakespeare''' (1564-1616) is generally regarded as the greatest British playwright--indeed, the greatest British ''writer''--of all time. Many of his plays are required reading in school curricula throughout the English-speaking world and beyond; those taught in schools often include ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[A Midsummer-Night's Dream]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]''.

* "Shakespeare is the secular [[canon]], or even the secular [[scripture]]."<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981571-2,00.html#ixzz13lnUzy40 Hurrah for Dead White Males! - TIME]</ref>

Shakespeare wrote 17 comedies, 10 tragedies, 10 historical plays, 154 love [[sonnet]]s, and several other works of non-dramatic poetry. All his plays are freely available on the internet.<ref>[http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/ Shakespeare]</ref>

Shakespeare spent his early years in Stratford-upon-Avon, [[Warwickshire]] and is also known as "the Bard of Avon." Because of sharing the name "Stratford," the towns of Stratford, Ontario, in Canada and Stratford, Connecticut, have become the homes of Shakespeare festivals where his plays are performed on a regular basis.

Shakespeare did not become famous until late in his life and few details are known about his early life. Although no attendance records remain, it is believed that he attended Stratford-Upon-Avon Grammar School, where he would have received a sound education in the Latin and Greek classics, reflected in many of his plays. The social class from which he came could be described as wealthy tradesmen. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove-maker who became mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon despite almost certainly being a Roman Catholic (in the early part of the reign of Elizabeth I, penalties against Catholics were light and often not imposed). His mother, Mary Arden, the daughter of a farmer, was certainly Catholic. William Shakepeare himself knew many of the Warwickshire Catholic gentry who later led the Gunpowder Plot to overthrow King James VI. Shakespeare himself did not adhere publicly to the Roman religion and it is not known if, like many Catholics, he practised it in private.<ref> ''In Search of Shakespeare'', by Michael Wood. BBC Books, 2003.</ref> There are few pictures of him but his near-contemporary as a playwright, Ben Jonson, stated that the famous engraving by Martin Droeshout, shown on this page, was a good likeness.

The idea of an ill-educated (to his contemporaries) person coming among them and making a success was upsetting to the University-educated playwrights of the time. It is believed that the poet, Philip Green, was referring to Shakespeare when he wrote
{{cquote|There is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers
that, with his '''tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide'','
supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse
as the best of you; being an absolute Johannes Factotum,
in his conceit the only ''shake-scene'' in a country.}}
The 'tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide' is a reference to one of Shakespeare's plays, ''[[The Third Part of King Henry VI]]'',<ref>''Great Books, Shakespeare: I'', Edited by Mortimer J. Adler, 1952.</ref> while 'shake-scene' is a pun or play on words on Shakespeare's name.

His plays seem to show so much education and erudition that many theories have arisen that those works were written by someone else. Famous candidates include [[Christopher Marlowe]], the [[Oxfordian|Earl of Oxford]] and Sir [[Francis Bacon]]. Most scholars reject these theories, but there are enough questions that new theories of Shakespearean authorship continue to arise.

A long-standing theatrical [[superstition]] holds that it is bad luck to refer to ''Macbeth'' directly by its name while inside a theatre, and accordingly, actors traditionally refer to it obliquely as "the Scottish play." It is considered acceptable to voice the play's name only while rehearsing or performing the production itself.

Because Shakespeare's plays are so familiar, there are innumerable references to them in English literature. Sometimes his stories are recast into a different form. The musical ''West Side Story'' is a retelling of ''Romeo and Juliet,'' and the classic science-fiction movie ''Forbidden Planet'' is a transformed version of ''The Tempest.''

The reverence in which Shakespeare is held, and the archaic language of his plays (from the same era as the King James translation of the Bible) should not obscure the fact that his plays were (and still are) fabulously successful.

He is also famous for his 154 [[sonnet]]s, short poems written in a very strict [[rhyme scheme]]. The sonnets fall into series or sequences. Most of them are usually read as expressions of romantic or platonic love; some appear to be written to a married woman known in the sonnets as the "Dark Lady," some to a young man known as the "Fair Lord."

Considering his major themes, Shakespeare is undoubtedly a conservative figure by today's standards. Major conservative themes in his works include the sacred nature of the familial structure in [[King Lear]], the recognition of God in his plays and personal life, the existence of necessary war in ''[[The Famous Life of King Henry V]]'', and the exposed injustice of taxation in [[Coriolanus]]. Not surprisingly, modern [[liberal]] literary critics often ignore these themes because of their place on the modern political spectrum.

Shakespeare wrote in his will, "I commend my soul into the hands of God, my Creator, hoping and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ, my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting."<ref>[http://www.bardweb.net/will.html Shakespeare's Last and Testament]</ref>

His tomb in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, England, reads as follows:<ref>[http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-04-23&view=View American minute for April 23]</ref>
{{cquote|Good Friend For Jesus Sake Forbeare, To Digg The Dust Enclosed Heare. Blese Be Ye Man Spares Thes Stones, And Curst Be He Moves My Bones.}}

== List of Plays by Shakespeare<ref>[http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/bibliography/bibliography.htm Bibliography]</ref> ==

=== Comedies ===
[[File:Shakespeare f. Reuters.jpg|right]]
*''[[Two Gentlemen of Verona]]'' (1589)
*''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' (1589)
*''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (1593)
*''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]'' (1594)
*''[[A Midsummer-Night's Dream]]'' (1595)
*''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (1596)
*''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' (1597)
*''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (1598)
*''[[As You Like It]]'' (1599)
*''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1601)
*''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'' (1602)
*''[[Measure for Measure]]'' (1603)
*''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]'' (1607)
*''[[Cymbeline]]'' (1609)
*''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' (1609)
*''[[The Tempest]]'' (1610)
*''[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]]'' (1613)

=== Histories ===
*''[[The Life and Death of King John]]'' (1590)
*''[[The First Part of King Henry VI]]'' (1590)
*''[[The Second Part of King Henry VI]]'' (1592)
*''[[The Third Part of King Henry VI]]'' (1593)
*''[[The Tragedy of King Richard III]]'' (1593)
*''[[The Tragedy of King Richard II]]'' (1595)
*''[[The First Part of King Henry IV]]'' (1596)
*''[[The Second Part of King Henry IV]]'' (1597)
*''[[The Famous Life of King Henry V]]'' (1599)
*''[[The Famous Life of King Henry VIII]]'' (1613)

=== Tragedies ===
*''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' (1591)
*''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (1594)
*''[[Julius Caesar (Play)|Julius Caesar]]'' (1599)
*''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'' (1600)
*''[[Hamlet]]'' (1600)
*''[[Othello]]'' (1603)
*''[[Timon of Athens]]'' (1604)
*''[[King Lear]]'' (1605)
*''[[Macbeth]]'' (1606)
*''[[Coriolanus]]'' (1608)
*''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' (1608)

== Trivia ==
* "Shakespeare" was spelled many ways before English spelling was standardized. Some of the more unexpected forms are "Shaxper," "Shaxberd," "Shaksper," and "Shake-Speare". The hyphenated version adding fuel to the ongoing Shakespeare authorship question.<ref>[http://shakespeare-authorship.com Shakespeare authorship]</ref>

== See also ==

*[[Leo Tolstoy]]
*[[Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra]]

== External links ==

*[http://books.mirror.org/gb.shakespeare.html An Index to Online Great Books]

==References==
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Oxfordian

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An '''Oxfordian''' is someone who supports the Oxfordian Theory of Shakespeare Authorship, i.e., that the plays and poems traditionally attributed to [[William Shakespeare]] of Stratford—including some of the greatest plays in the English language—were actually written by Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, an Elizabethan nobleman who lived between 1550 and 1604.

Mainstream Shakespeare scholars discount the Oxfordian theory, noting that, according to their own chronology, several of Shakespeare's works postdate the death of the Earl in 1604.<ref>Schoenbaum, S. (1991). Shakespeare's Lives (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp 433-4. ISBN 978-0-19-818618-2.</ref> Oxfordians, however, maintain that none of Shakespeare's works have been proven to have been written after 1604, and note that the standard chronology was developed to match the years of the Stratford man.<ref>Anderson, Mark. "Shakespeare" by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, The Man Who Was Shakespeare. Gotham, 2005 (expanded paperback edition 2006). pp. 400-405</ref> The debate continues into the 21st century.

==History of the Oxfordian Theory==
Like most issues having to do with the debate over Shakespeare's authorship, documenting the history of the Shakespeare authorship question is often contentious. There is no agreement, academic or otherwise, as to when the debate was first proposed or alluded to. Stratfordians (those who follow the standard attribution) assert that during the life of William Shakespeare and for more than 200 years after his death, no one suggested that anyone other than Shakespeare wrote the works.<ref>Bate, Jonathan (1998). The Genius of Shakespeare. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512823-9. p. 73; </ref> However, most Oxfordians believe that several 16th and 17th century Elizabethan works hint that the Shakespearean canon was written by someone else,<ref>Price, Diana. ''Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography'' (2001), 224-26.</ref> and note that the first generally accepted allusions to Shakespearean authorship arose in several 18th century satirical and allegorical works.<ref>Friedman, William F. and Elizebeth S. ''The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined'' (1957), pp. 1-4, quoted in ''Shakespeare and His Rivals'', George McMichael, Edward M. Glenn, eds. (1962) pg. 56</ref>

==Edward de Vere==
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford has been the strongest alternate candidate for the past 90 years,<ref>Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford entry at Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, 2007 | url=http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9374297/Edward-de-Vere-17th-earl-of-Oxford; Satchell, Michael, Hunting for good Will: Will the real Shakespeare please stand up?, U.S. News & World Report, 2000-07-24 | url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/doubleissue/mysteries/shakespeare.htm; McMichael, George and Edgar M. Glenn. ''Shakespeare and his Rivals: A Casebook on the Authorship Controversy.'' Odyssey Press, 1962. p. 159.</ref> After being proposed in the 1920's, Oxford rapidly overtook Bacon to become the most popular alternative candidate.<ref>Wadsworth, 121.</ref>

Oxfordians point to the acclaim of Oxford's contemporaries regarding his talent as a poet and a playwright, his reputation as a concealed poet, and his personal connections to London theatre and the contemporary playwrights of Shakespeare's day. They also note his long-term relationships with Queen Elizabeth I and the Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, his knowledge of Court life, his documented education, academic and cultural achievements, and his wide-ranging travels through France and Italy to what would later become the locations of many of Shakespeare's plays.

The case for Oxford's authorship is also based on perceived similarities between Oxford's biography and events in Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and longer poems; parallels of language, idiom, and thought between Oxford's personal letters and the Shakespearean canon;<ref>Fowler, William Plumer. [http://ruthmiller.com/revealed.htm ''Shakespeare Revealed in Oxford's Letters.''] Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall, 1986.</ref> and underlined passages in Oxford's personal bible, which Oxfordians believe correspond to quotations in Shakespeare's plays.<ref>Stritmatter, Roger A.[http://www.shakespearefellowship.org/virtualclassroom/bibledissabsetc.htm"The Marginalia of Edward de Vere's Geneva Bible: Providential Discovery, Literary Reasoning, and Historical Consequence"] (PhD diss., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2001). Partial reprint at ''The Shakespeare Fellowship''.</ref> Confronting the issue of Oxford's death in 1604, Oxfordian researchers cite examples they say imply the writer known as "Shakespeare" or "Shake-speare" died before 1609, and point to 1604 as the year regular publication of "new" or "augmented" Shakespeare plays stopped.

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==[[Federalist Papers]]==
* <s>Need new [[File:The Federalist book title page.jpg]], from U.S. Library of Congress image: [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/madison/images/vc16.jpg LOC-16], page shows year 1788 (MDCCLXXXVIII), proving papers printed as a book 1 year later. License: public domain, life of author plus 170 years (last to die: [[James Madison]] in 1836).</s>

[http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Fed_Papers1787_Cover.jpg Here you go.] --<big>[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]</big>/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 03:13, 17 June 2010 (EDT)

==[[Aswan Dam]]==
<s>Need new [[File:Aswan Dam Lake Nasser.jpg]], from U.S. NASA astronaut photo ISS017-E-20975: [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ESC/small/ISS017/ISS017-E-20975.JPG NASA-975], photo (made by NASA personnel) shows [[Aswan High Dam]], lower [[Aswan Dam]], Lake Nasser, [[Philae Temple]] island, 1st cataract of the [[Nile]], [[Arabian Desert]], Libyan Desert, etc. No hurry on this.</s> -[[User:CVeritas|CVeritas]] 21:27, 17 June 2010 (EDT)

-Done: [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Aswan.JPG] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:13, 18 June 2010 (EDT)

==[[Joseph P. Lash]]==

<s>[http://www.geneaarchives.com/bacmresearch/affiliate/completeset/eroose2.jpg FBI memo] relating report from G-2 (Army Counterintelligence) claiming to have recorded a tryst between Communist youth leader Joseph Lash and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt</s> [[User:FOIA|FOIA]] 14:16, 15 July 2010 (EDT)
:Done --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 14:28, 15 July 2010 (EDT) [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Eroose2.jpg]

==[[Ringo Starr]]==

<s>I need the image for an attempt to improve the [[Ringo Starr]] article.</s> {{Unsigned|Gamma287}}-- 14:08, 27 July 2010

:[http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Ringo_Starr.jpg Here you go.] --<big>[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]</big>/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 17:57, 27 July 2010 (EDT)

== [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]] ==
I generated ten graphs for [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]].

<s>http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3Me9X7ZKI14/TFfkfPe3wuI/AAAAAAAAAD4/OFZ-xI98ZYM/s1600/bcw-002.png</s>

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I would appreciate if they could be named as stated, i.e., bcw-001.png, bcw-002.png, etc.

I forgot one, sorry:

<s>http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3Me9X7ZKI14/TFfi_t9bqdI/AAAAAAAAADw/tv412vyGi0E/s1600/bcw-001.png</s>

[[User:RonLar|RonLar]] 13:25, 3 August 2010 (EDT)

:All uploaded. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 13:33, 3 August 2010 (EDT)

Thanks! [[User:RonLar|RonLar]] 13:34, 3 August 2010 (EDT)

== [[Uncyclopedia]] ==

Hi. Please upload http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090115235635/uncyclopedia/images/b/bc/Wiki.png for fair use in the Uncyclopedia article. Thanks! [[User:Keepscases|Keepscases]] 16:55, 14 August 2010 (EDT)

:: Done. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 21:08, 16 November 2010 (EST)

== [[Rick Scott]] ==
<s>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottforflorida/4517644139 For use on Rick Scott's article. This is the same Creative Commons image used at Wikipedia.]</s> [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] 15:05, 2 September 2010 (EDT)

:Done [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Rick_Scott.jpg] Sorry for the delay in uploading. I will put in the page for you.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:20, 16 November 2010 (EST)

==White House Photostream Images==

<s>Please upload the following official White House photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/4891369859/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3860767412</s>

For use on the [[List of Obama First Family Vacations]] article.

:Done [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:4891369859.JPG] [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:3860767412.JPG] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:15, 16 November 2010 (EST)

==[[Tin(II) oxide]]==
Have <s>a</s>some "homemade" public domain images that I would like to upload. It is on my computer. Thanks, --[[User:LanthanumK|L]][[User talk:LanthanumK|K]] 11:55, 16 November 2010 (EST)
:Send to our email account and I will upload. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:16, 16 November 2010 (EST)
::Will do --[[User:LanthanumK|L]][[User talk:LanthanumK|K]] 13:20, 16 November 2010 (EST)
:::A few more are there than just this photo. I think that all will be useful here. --[[User:LanthanumK|L]][[User talk:LanthanumK|K]] 13:31, 16 November 2010 (EST)
::::Give me another day to upload all eight pics. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:56, 16 November 2010 (EST)
:::::Someday. Why is uploading so strictly guarded around here? --[[User:LanthanumK|L]][[User talk:LanthanumK|K]] 20:49, 16 November 2010 (EST)
::::::Several photos didn't upload properly. I am done with the rest. [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Small_pickerel_frog_on_rock.JPG] [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Cobalt_carbonate.JPG] [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Copper_ammonia_sulfate_original.JPG] [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Zinc_burning.JPG] Also, I don't know the reason behind the strict photo upload policy. I can only guess that since we allow liberals to edit here and some will attempt to be devious and upload porn. The liberal media such as the AP has demanded we remove pics from our site. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 14:15, 17 November 2010 (EST)
:Thanks. --[[User:LanthanumK|L]][[User talk:LanthanumK|K]] 14:45, 17 November 2010 (EST)

==Political and historical figures==
<s>[http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g375/BishoiH/hitler_mufti.jpg Mufti of Jerusalem], historical copyright expired 
[http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g375/BishoiH/zapatero.jpg Zapatero] Fair use, not AP 
[http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g375/BishoiH/Castro.jpg Castro] Fair use, not AP </s>
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:Done [http://conservapedia.com/File:Hitler_mufti.jpg] [http://conservapedia.com/File:Zapatero.jpg] [http://conservapedia.com/File:Castro.jpg]--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 19:55, 16 November 2010 (EST)

==Michael Steele Muppet==
"Muppet" version of Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele from [[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]

http://pieceofmind.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/steele1.jpg
:A liberal comedian mocking a conservative. I think you found the wrong wiki. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 22:42, 18 January 2011 (EST)

Actually, I wanted to use that photo to demonstrate Jon Stewart's borderline sophomoric attempts to slander respectable conservative figures. [[User:Kjacket|Kjacket]] 22:58, 18 January 2011 (EST)

==Better Antarctica Image==
<s>I was searching the web to see if I could get a better idea of what exactly the colors on the Antarctica map in the [[Global Warming]] article mean when I found a better, labeled version ([http://sciblogs.co.nz/journeystotheice/files/2010/05/NASA-1024x933.jpg]) of the image that is currently being used (File:Composite_antarctic_NASA.jpg). I suggest the more informative version of the file be uploaded as a replacement. --[[User:Toadaron|Toadaron]] 01:41, 4 February 2011 (EST)
:Has anyone considered this request? Does this page get checked regularly?</s> --[[User:Toadaron|Toadaron]] 22:39, 17 February 2011 (EST)
::Done [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:NASA-1024x933.jpg] Please consider changing your username to reflect your real name and last initial. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 23:02, 17 February 2011 (EST)

==Comic About the "Scientific Method"==
I thought [http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=761 this] comic might be good for [[pseudoscience]] or a related article, if admins think it is appropriate (not that it is off-color or anything) and if it qualifies as fair-use. --[[User:Toadaron|AaronT]] 19:30, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:I don't see a problem with inclusion however first you need permission from the author's site. --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 20:50, 15 March 2011 (EDT)
[http://www.phdcomics.com/about.htm] ''"We'll be happy to grant you permission, but you MUST e-mail us at questions(at)phdcomics.com to let us know how and which strips you are using (by sending this email, you obtain official permission to use the images). In all cases, the strips must have the following text printed next to them: "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com"''

==Chihuahua==

I've got a good picture for the Chihuahua page but I'm unsure of how to go about adding it.

==Runescape==
the current picture on the page (a guy in rune armor mining a rock) is rather dated in appearance, and [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110209064323/runescape/images/thumb/e/e3/Varrock_fountain.png/507px-Varrock_fountain.png]although not showing any actual players doing something, does show the graphics ingame as they stand and a well known and common location for players to be in, and as such would be a better image for the page. im assuming since its able to be on the runescape wiki it can be here as well. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 22:24, 29 May 2011 (EDT)

: Please provide a better source to see the copyright of the image. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 22:27, 29 May 2011 (EDT)
::Im going to have to ask around on the wiki and will try to get back as soon as i can ^_^. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 22:39, 29 May 2011 (EDT)
:::Based on answers i got from the wiki IRC chat, they have permission to use it as long as they acknowledged its jagex's stuff. should work for us too. I can't find a page that speceficly says the copyright though. --[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 22:43, 29 May 2011 (EDT)

==Fallout image==
well, since i havent gotten anywhere on runescape, and it atleast has an image... how about for the fallout article im improving? [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:EarthAfterGreatWar.png with their reasoning for the right to use the image just below the image itself], having a picture showing how the world looks, if a little unclear on what is going on in it; helps improve the article in my opinion. [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:Fallout_World_Tag.png also works although i am unsure of the copyright on the picture]--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 22:46, 19 June 2011 (EDT)

==[[Hillary Clinton]]==

Please upload the following pictures of Ms. Clinton to the colleage section of her article. They provide a unique and authentic sight to her character during her formative years. I've added them several times to Wikipedia but the censors there only allow flattering, approved-by-the-party pictures of liberal politicians.

[http://i.imgur.com/UUQWP.jpg]
[http://i.imgur.com/Ljdy4.jpg]

Both pictures were published on Life's edition of 20th June 1969.
Regarding the copyright, "Getty Images represents and syndicates the entire LIFE Picture Collection" as stated in http://www.life.com/service/faq#q10 and Getty allows the use of their pictures as "Editorial Licensed Material" meaning "Licensed Material relating to events that are newsworthy or of public interest.." which is the case. The pictures were taken to illustrate an article about a public event at Wellesley University. You will find the whole License Agreements document here: http://www.gettyimages.com/Corporate/LicenseAgreements.aspx#RM --[[User:Trueseeker|Trueseeker]] 20:12, 29 June 2011 (EDT)

==Sally Kern photo==

<s>This is the link to Sally Kern's official [http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/Pictures/HiRes/Kern,%20Sally.jpg photo]. I didn't see anything about copyright, but it's from the link provided on the Oklahoma House of Representatives' page for Kern. Thanks!</s> [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 13:37, 8 July 2011 (EDT)
:Done [http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Sally.jpg] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:40, 8 July 2011 (EDT)
::Thanks! I think I'm having a blonde moment here. When I click on the link, the picture doesn't show up on that page. There's a thumb copy, and I can click on where the photo should be and it goes to the full-res copy, but not the "Sally.jpg". What am I doing wrong? [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 10:47, 9 July 2011 (EDT)

==[[Rodger W. Young]]==
Could somebody please upload [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rodger_Young.jpg this image] for the article. It's public domain. Thanks! [[User:TracyS|TracyS]] 11:57, 24 July 2011 (EDT)
:[http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Rodger_Young.jpg Done]. [[User:DMorris|DMorris]] 15:22, 26 July 2011 (EDT)

==[[Obama administration deficit spending]]==
This chart [http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loy9sdR5Hj1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg here] is based on data from the Congressional Budget Office and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Its significance is not partisan (who’s “to blame” for the deficit) but intellectual. It demonstrates the utter incoherence of being very concerned about a structural federal deficit but ruling out of consideration the policy that was largest single contributor to that deficit, namely the Bush-era tax cuts.

Thanks conservapedia, and have a blessed day!

==Image request==
Can someone upload this public domain image [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward-de-Vere-1575.jpg] for the article [[Oxfordian]]? Thanks.[[User:Mythbuster|Mythbuster]] 00:13, 29 July 2011 (EDT)

Oxfordian

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An '''Oxfordian''' is someone who supports the Oxfordian Theory of Shakespeare Authorship, i.e., that the plays and poems traditionally attributed to [[William Shakespeare]] of Stratford—including some of the greatest plays in the English language—were actually written by Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, an Elizabethan nobleman who lived between 1550 and 1604.

Mainstream Shakespeare scholars discount the Oxfordian theory, noting that, according to their own chronology, several of Shakespeare's works postdate the death of the Earl in 1604.<ref>Schoenbaum, S. (1991). Shakespeare's Lives (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp 433-4. ISBN 978-0-19-818618-2.</ref> Oxfordians, however, maintain that none of Shakespeare's works have been proven to have been written after 1604, and note that the standard chronology was developed to match the years of the Stratford man.<ref>Anderson, Mark. "Shakespeare" by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, The Man Who Was Shakespeare. Gotham, 2005 (expanded paperback edition 2006). pp. 400-405</ref> The debate continues into the 21st century.

Like most issues having to do with the debate over Shakespeare's authorship, documenting the history of the Shakespeare authorship question is often contentious. There is no agreement, academic or otherwise, as to when the debate was first proposed or alluded to. Stratfordians (those who follow the standard attribution) assert that during the life of William Shakespeare and for more than 200 years after his death, no one suggested that anyone other than Shakespeare wrote the works.<ref>Bate, Jonathan (1998). The Genius of Shakespeare. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512823-9. p. 73; </ref> However, most Oxfordians believe that several 16th and 17th century Elizabethan works hint that the Shakespearean canon was written by someone else,<ref>Price, Diana. ''Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography'' (2001), 224-26.</ref> and note that the first generally accepted allusions to Shakespearean authorship arose in several 18th century satirical and allegorical works.<ref>Friedman, William F. and Elizebeth S. ''The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined'' (1957), pp. 1-4, quoted in ''Shakespeare and His Rivals'', George McMichael, Edward M. Glenn, eds. (1962) pg. 56</ref>

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford has been the most popular alternate candidate for the past 90 years,<ref>Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford entry at Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, 2007 | url=http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9374297/Edward-de-Vere-17th-earl-of-Oxford; Satchell, Michael, Hunting for good Will: Will the real Shakespeare please stand up?, U.S. News & World Report, 2000-07-24 | url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/doubleissue/mysteries/shakespeare.htm; McMichael, George and Edgar M. Glenn. ''Shakespeare and his Rivals: A Casebook on the Authorship Controversy.'' Odyssey Press, 1962. p. 159.</ref> After being proposed in the 1920's, Oxford rapidly overtook Bacon to become the most popular alternative candidate.<ref>Wadsworth, 121.</ref>

Oxfordians point to the acclaim of Oxford's contemporaries regarding his talent as a poet and a playwright, his reputation as a concealed poet, and his personal connections to London theatre and the contemporary playwrights of Shakespeare's day. They also note his long-term relationships with Queen Elizabeth I and the Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, his knowledge of Court life, his documented education, academic and cultural achievements, and his wide-ranging travels through France and Italy to what would later become the locations of many of Shakespeare's plays.

The case for Oxford's authorship is also based on perceived similarities between Oxford's biography and events in Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and longer poems; parallels of language, idiom, and thought between Oxford's personal letters and the Shakespearean canon;<ref>Fowler, William Plumer. [http://ruthmiller.com/revealed.htm ''Shakespeare Revealed in Oxford's Letters.''] Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall, 1986.</ref> and underlined passages in Oxford's personal bible, which Oxfordians believe correspond to quotations in Shakespeare's plays.<ref>Stritmatter, Roger A.[http://www.shakespearefellowship.org/virtualclassroom/bibledissabsetc.htm"The Marginalia of Edward de Vere's Geneva Bible: Providential Discovery, Literary Reasoning, and Historical Consequence"] (PhD diss., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2001). Partial reprint at ''The Shakespeare Fellowship''.</ref> Confronting the issue of Oxford's death in 1604, Oxfordian researchers cite examples they say imply the writer known as "Shakespeare" or "Shake-speare" died before 1609, and point to 1604 as the year regular publication of "new" or "augmented" Shakespeare plays stopped.

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Oxfordian

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An '''Oxfordian''' is someone who supports the Oxfordian Theory of Shakespeare Authorship - ie.: that the plays and poems traditionally attributed to [[Shakespeare]] of Stratford - including some of the greatest plays in the English language -- were actually written by Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, an elizabethan nobleman who lived between 1550 and 1604.

Mainstream Shakespeare scholars discount the Oxfordian theory, noting that, according to their own chronology, several of Shakespeare's works postdate the death of the Earl in 1604.<ref>Schoenbaum, S. (1991). Shakespeare's Lives (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp 433-4. ISBN 978-0-19-818618-2.</ref> Oxfordians, however, maintain that none of Shakespeare's works have been proven to have been written after 1604, and note that the standard chronology was developed to match the years of the Stratford man.<ref>Anderson, Mark. "Shakespeare" by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, The Man Who Was Shakespeare. Gotham, 2005 (expanded paperback edition 2006). pp. 400-405</ref> The debate continues into the 21st century.

Like most issues having to do with the debate over Shakespeare's authorship, documenting the history of the Shakespeare authorship question is often contentious. There is no agreement, academic or otherwise, as to when the debate was first proposed or alluded to. Stratfordians (those who follow the standard attribution) assert that during the life of William Shakespeare and for more than 200 years after his death, no one suggested that anyone other than Shakespeare wrote the works.<ref>Bate, Jonathan (1998). The Genius of Shakespeare. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512823-9. p. 73; </ref>

However, most Oxfordians believe that several 16th and 17th century Elizabethan works hint that the Shakespearean canon was written by someone else,<ref>Price, Diana. ''Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography'' (2001), 224-26.</ref> and note that the first generally accepted allusions to Shakespearean authorship arose in several 18th century satirical and allegorical works.<ref>Friedman, William F. and Elizebeth S. ''The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined'' (1957), pp. 1-4, quoted in ''Shakespeare and His Rivals'', George McMichael, Edward M. Glenn, eds. (1962) pg. 56</ref>

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==Article help==
This article needs help. I'll try and clean it up a bit. First, it is miss-titled. People who don't believe that Shakespeare of Stratford wrote the plays are called "anti-Stratfordians". "Oxfordians", on the other hand, are people who believe that the Earl of Oxford wrote the plays, just as "Baconians" believe that Francis Bacon wrote the plays, and "Marlovians" believe that Christopher Marlowe wrote the plays. Make sense? (P.S. - sorry about copying from Wikipedia. I was not aware that is not allowed. No problem, as I can easily rewrite it, having contributed to similar articles and posts. [[User:Mythbuster|Mythbuster]] 02:19, 11 June 2011 (EDT)
:Rewrite it then, and try to make it clear as to what Oxfordian means, as well as a history of when it began. It's probably going to be an interesting subject. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 02:43, 11 June 2011 (EDT)

::The "myth of the Shakespearian authorship dispute" reminds me of the Flat Earth Myth, when anti-Christians starting saying that "ignorant Medieval Christians" believed in a flat earth, e.g., superstitious sailors. The idea being that if all they knew was a few smatterings of Christianity, they were ignorant. It turns out that this rumor about medieval Christian ignorance was entirely made up by evolutionists.

::Is this true? If true, can you document this? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 13:09, 11 June 2011 (EDT)

:::What precisely would you like documented? I have started to add references to both mainstream scholars and independent researchers.[[User:Mythbuster|Mythbuster]] 13:29, 11 June 2011 (EDT)

Oxfordian

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An '''Oxfordian''' is someone who believes in the Oxfordian Theory of Shakespeare Authorship - ie.: that the plays traditionally attributed to [[Shakespeare]] of Stratford - the greatest plays in the English language -- were actually written by Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, who lived between 1550 and 1604. Mainstream Shakespeare scholars discount the Oxfordian theory, noting that, according to their own chronology, several of Shakespeare's works postdate the death of this Earl.<ref>Schoenbaum, S. (1991). Shakespeare's Lives (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp 433-4. ISBN 978-0-19-818618-2.</ref> Oxfordians, however, maintain that none of Shakespeare's works have been proven to have been written after 1604.<ref>Anderson, Mark. "Shakespeare" by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, The Man Who Was Shakespeare. Gotham, 2005 (expanded paperback edition 2006). pp. 400-405</ref> The debate continues into the 21st century.

Like most issues having to do with the debate over Shakespeare's authorship, documenting the history of the Shakespeare authorship question is often contentious. There is no agreement, academic or otherwise, as to when the debate was first proposed or alluded to. Stratfordians (those who follow the standard attribution) assert that during the life of William Shakespeare and for more than 200 years after his death, no one suggested that anyone other than Shakespeare wrote the works.<ref>Bate, Jonathan (1998). The Genius of Shakespeare. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512823-9. p. 73; </ref>

However, Authorship doubters, also known as anti-Stratfordians, believe that several 16th and 17th century Elizabethan works hint that the Shakespearean canon was written by someone else,<ref>Price, Diana. ''Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography'' (2001), 224-26.</ref> and note that the first possible allusions to doubts about Shakespearean authorship arose in certain 18th century satirical and allegorical works.<ref>Friedman, William F. and Elizebeth S. ''The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined'' (1957), pp. 1-4, quoted in ''Shakespeare and His Rivals'', George McMichael, Edward M. Glenn, eds. (1962) pg. 56</ref>

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Oxfordian

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Oxfordian

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Oxfordian

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Oxfordian

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An '''Oxfordian''' is someone who supports the Oxfordian Theory of Shakespeare Authorship - the revisionist theory that: a) Edward DeVere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was the actual author of the works traditionally attributed to Shakespeare of Stratford, and: b) that the Stratford man was most likely a "front man" or "play broker", as well a business man and part-time actor. While there have been many alternative candidates proposed for the authorship for Shakespeare's works, since the early 1920s, the Oxfordian theory has predominated.<ref>Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, 2007 , url=http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9374297/Edward-de-Vere-17th-earl-of-Oxford</ref><ref name="usnews">{{cite news | last = Satchell | first = Michael | title=Hunting for good Will: Will the real Shakespeare please stand up?| publisher =''U.S. News & World Report'' | date = 2000-07-24 | url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/doubleissue/mysteries/shakespeare.htm| accessdate=2007-08-31}}</ref><ref>McMichael, George and Edgar M. Glenn. ''Shakespeare and his Rivals: A Casebook on the Authorship Controversy.'' Odyssey Press, 1962. p. 159.</ref> The subject has attracted wide attention and a thriving following, including some prominent public figures, but is dismissed by the great majority of academic Shakespeare scholars.

Oxfordians point to the acclaim of Oxford's contemporaries regarding his talent as a poet and a playwright, his reputation as a concealed poet, and his personal connections to London theatre and the contemporary playwrights of Shakespeare's day. They also note his long term relationships with [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] and Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton|, his knowledge of Court life, his extensive and multilingual education, his academic and cultural achievements, and his wide-ranging travels through France and Italy to what later became the locations of many of Shakespeare's plays.

The case for Oxford's authorship is also based on perceived similarities between Oxford's biography and events in Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and longer poems; parallels of language, idiom, and thought between Oxford's personal letters and the Shakespearean canon;<ref>Fowler, William Plumer. [http://ruthmiller.com/revealed.htm ''Shakespeare Revealed in Oxford's Letters.''] Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall, 1986.</ref> and underlined passages in Oxford's personal [[Bible]], which Oxfordians believe correspond to quotations in Shakespeare's plays.<ref>Stritmatter, Roger A. [http://www.shakespearefellowship.org/virtualclassroom/bibledissabsetc.htm "The Marginalia of Edward de Vere's Geneva Bible: Providential Discovery, Literary Reasoning, and Historical Consequence"] (PhD diss., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2001). Partial reprint at ''The Shakespeare Fellowship''.</ref>

Confronting the theory's strongest criticism - the issue of Oxford's death in 1604 - Oxfordian researchers cite examples they say imply the writer known as "Shakespeare" or "Shake-speare" died before 1609, and point to 1604 as the year regular publication of "new" or "augmented" Shakespeare plays stopped.

While the great majority of the academic community continues to endorse the traditional attribution, the authorship question has achieved some degree of acceptance as a legitimate research topic. In late 2007, Brunel University of London began offering a one-year MA program on the Shakespeare authorship question,<ref>Online course catalogue: Shakespeare Authorship Studies MA, accessed 6/14/10 | http://www.brunel.ac.uk/courses/pg/cdata/s/shakespeareauthorshipstudiesma</ref>and in 2010, Concordia University (Portland, Oregon) opened a multi-million dollar Shakespeare Authorship Research Centre, under the direction of authorship doubter Daniel Wright, a Shakespeare scholar and Concordia's professor of English.<ref>''= Who Wrote the Works Attributed to William Shakespeare? Academics Officially Challenge... =, Business Wire, April 23 2007, accessed 6/14/10| http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services/4322743-1.html; http://www.authorshipstudies.org/library/index.cfm</ref>
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William Shakespeare

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[[Image:Foliou.jpg|right|thumb|[[portraits|Engraving]] of William Shakespeare on the cover of the First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays]]
'''William Shakespeare''' (1564-1616) is generally regarded as the greatest British playwright--indeed, the greatest British ''writer''--of all time. Many of his plays are required reading in school curricula throughout the English-speaking world and beyond; those taught in schools often include ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[A Midsummer-Night's Dream]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]''.

* "Shakespeare is the secular [[canon]], or even the secular [[scripture]]."<ref> [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981571-2,00.html#ixzz13lnUzy40 Hurrah for Dead White Males! - TIME]</ref>

Shakespeare wrote 17 comedies, 10 tragedies, 10 historical plays, 154 love [[sonnet]]s, and several other works of non-dramatic poetry. All his plays are freely available on the internet.<ref>
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/</ref>

Shakespeare spent his early years in Stratford-upon-Avon, [[Warwickshire]] and is also known as "the Bard of Avon." Because of sharing the name "Stratford," the towns of Stratford, Ontario, in Canada and Stratford, Connecticut, have become the homes of Shakespeare festivals where his plays are performed on a regular basis.

Shakespeare did not become famous until late in his life and few details are known about his early life. He attended Stratford-Upon-Avon Grammar School, where he received a sound education in the Latin and Greek classics, reflected in many of his plays. The social class from which he came could be described as wealthy tradesment. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove-maker who became mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon despite almost certainly being a Roman Catholic (in the early part of the reign of Elizabeth I, penalties against Catholics were light and often not imposed). His mother, Mary Arden, the daughter of a farmer, was certainly Catholic. William Shakepeare himself knew many of the Warwickshire Catholic gentry who later led the Gunpowder Plot to overthrow King James VI. Shakespeare himself did not adhere publicly to the Roman religion and it is not known if, like many Catholics, he practised it in private.<ref> ''In Search of Shakespeare'', by Michael Wood. BBC Books, 2003.</ref> There are few pictures of him but his near-contemporary as a playwright, Ben Jonson, stated that the famous engraving by Martin Droeshout, shown on this page, was a good likeness.

The idea of an ill-educated (to his contemporaries) person coming among them and making a success was upsetting to the University-educated playwrights of the time. It is believed that the poet, Philip Green, was referring to Shakespeare when he wrote
{{cquote|There is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers
that, with his '''tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide'','
supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse
as the best of you; being an absolute Johannes Factotum,
in his conceit the only ''shake-scene'' in a country.}}
The 'tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide' is a reference to one of Shakespeare's plays, ''[[The Third Part of King Henry VI]]'',<ref> [[Great Books, Shakespeare: I]], Edited by Mortimer J. Adler, 1952. </ref> while 'shake-scene' is a pun or play on words on Shakespeare's name.

His plays seem to show so much education and erudition that many theories have arisen that those works must have been written by someone else, famous candidates being the [[Oxfordian|Earl of Oxford]] and Sir [[Francis Bacon]]. Most scholars reject these theories, but there are enough questions that new theories of Shakespearean authorship continue to arise.

A long-standing theatrical [[superstition]] holds that it is bad luck to refer to ''Macbeth'' directly by its name while inside a theatre, and accordingly, actors traditionally refer to it obliquely as "the Scottish play." It is considered acceptable to voice the play's name only while rehearsing or performing the production itself.

Because Shakespeare's plays are so familiar, there are innumerable references to them in English literature. Sometimes his stories are recast into a different form. The musical ''West Side Story'' is a retelling of ''Romeo and Juliet,'' and the classic science-fiction movie ''Forbidden Planet'' is a transformed version of ''The Tempest.''

The reverence in which Shakespeare is held, and the archaic language of his plays (from the same era as the King James translation of the Bible) should not obscure the fact that his plays were (and still are) fabulously successful.

He is also famous for his 154 [[sonnet]]s, short poems written in a very strict [[rhyme scheme]]. The sonnets fall into series or sequences. Most of them are usually read as expressions of romantic or platonic love; some appear to be written to a married woman known in the sonnets as the "Dark Lady," some to a young man known as the "Fair Lord."

Considering his major themes, Shakespeare is undoubtedly a conservative figure by today's standards. Major conservative themes in his works include the sacred nature of the familial structure in [[King Lear]], the recognition of God in his plays and personal life, the existence of necessary war in [[The Famous Life of Henry V]], and the exposed injustice of taxation in [[Coriolanus]]. Not surprisingly, modern [[liberal]] literary critics often ignore these themes because of their place on the modern political spectrum.

Shakespeare wrote in his will, "I commend my soul into the hands of God, my Creator, hoping and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ, my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting."<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-04-23&view=View</ref>

His tomb in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, England, reads as follows:<ref>''Id.''</ref>
{{cquote|Good Friend For Jesus Sake Forbeare, To Digg The Dust Enclosed Heare. Blese Be Ye Man Spares Thes Stones, And Curst Be He Moves My Bones.}}

== List of Plays by Shakespeare[http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/bibliography/bibliography.htm] ==

=== Comedies ===
[[File:Shakespeare f. Reuters.jpg|right]]
*[[Two Gentlemen of Verona]] (1589)
*[[The Comedy of Errors]] (1589)
*[[The Taming of the Shrew]] (1593)
*[[Love's Labour's Lost]] (1594)
*[[A Midsummer-Night's Dream]] (1595)
*[[The Merchant of Venice]] (1596)
*[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]] (1597)
*[[Much Ado About Nothing]] (1598)
*[[As You Like It]] (1599)
*[[Twelfth Night]] (1601)
*[[All's Well That Ends Well]] (1602)
*[[Measure for Measure]] (1603)
*[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]] (1607)
*[[Cymbeline]] (1609)
*[[The Winter's Tale]] (1609)
*[[The Tempest]] (1610)
*[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]] (1613)

=== Histories ===
*[[The Life and Death of King John]] (1590)
*[[The First Part of King Henry VI]] (1590)
*[[The Second Part of King Henry VI]] (1592)
*[[The Third Part of King Henry VI]] (1593)
*[[The Tragedy of King Richard III]] (1593)
*[[The Tragedy of King Richard II]] (1595)
*[[The First Part of King Henry IV]] (1596)
*[[The Second Part of King Henry IV]] (1597)
*[[The Famous Life of King Henry V]] (1599)
*[[The Famous Life of King Henry VIII]] (1613)

=== Tragedies ===
*[[Titus Andronicus]] (1591)
*[[Romeo and Juliet]] (1594)
*[[Julius Caesar (Play)|Julius Caesar]] (1599)
*[[Troilus and Cressida]] (1600)
*[[Hamlet]] (1600)
*[[Othello]] (1603)
*[[Timon of Athens]] (1604)
*[[King Lear]] (1605)
*[[Macbeth]] (1606)
*[[Coriolanus]] (1608)
*[[Antony and Cleopatra]] (1608)

== Trivia ==
* "Shakespeare" was spelled many ways before English spelling was standardized. Some of the more unexpected forms are "Shaxper," "Shaxberd," "Shaksper," and "Shake-Speare" (the hyphenated version adding fuel to the ongoing Shakespeare Authorship Question).<ref>http://shakespeare-authorship.com</ref>

== See also ==

*[[Leo Tolstoy]]
*[[Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra]]

== External links ==

*[http://books.mirror.org/gb.shakespeare.html An Index to Online Great Books]

==References==
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William Shakespeare

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[[Image:Foliou.jpg|right|thumb|[[portraits|Portrait]] of William Shakespeare on the cover of the First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays]]
'''William Shakespeare''' (1564-1616) is generally regarded as the greatest British playwright--indeed, the greatest British ''writer''--of all time. Many of his plays are required reading in school curricula throughout the English-speaking world and beyond; those taught in schools often include ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[A Midsummer-Night's Dream]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]''.

* "Shakespeare is the secular [[canon]], or even the secular [[scripture]]."<ref> [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981571-2,00.html#ixzz13lnUzy40 Hurrah for Dead White Males! - TIME]</ref>

Shakespeare wrote 17 comedies, 10 tragedies, 10 historical plays, 154 love [[sonnet]]s, and several other works of non-dramatic poetry. All his plays are freely available on the internet.<ref>
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/</ref>

Shakespeare spent his early years in Stratford-upon-Avon, [[Warwickshire]] and is also known as "the Bard of Avon." Because of sharing the name "Stratford," the towns of Stratford, Ontario, in Canada and Stratford, Connecticut, have become the homes of Shakespeare festivals where his plays are performed on a regular basis.

Shakespeare did not become famous until late in his life and few details are known about his early life. He attended Stratford-Upon-Avon Grammar School, where he received a sound education in the Latin and Greek classics, reflected in many of his plays. The social class from which he came could be described as wealthy tradesment. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove-maker who became mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon despite almost certainly being a Roman Catholic (in the early part of the reign of Elizabeth I, penalties against Catholics were light and often not imposed). His mother, Mary Arden, the daughter of a farmer, was certainly Catholic. William Shakepeare himself knew many of the Warwickshire Catholic gentry who later led the Gunpowder Plot to overthrow King James VI. Shakespeare himself did not adhere publicly to the Roman religion and it is not known if, like many Catholics, he practised it in private.<ref> ''In Search of Shakespeare'', by Michael Wood. BBC Books, 2003.</ref> There are few pictures of him but his near-contemporary as a playwright, Ben Jonson, stated that the famous engraving by Martin Droeshout, shown on this page, was a good likeness.

The idea of an ill-educated (to his contemporaries) person coming among them and making a success was upsetting to the University-educated playwrights of the time. It is believed that the poet, Philip Green, was referring to Shakespeare when he wrote
{{cquote|There is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers
that, with his '''tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide'','
supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse
as the best of you; being an absolute Johannes Factotum,
in his conceit the only ''shake-scene'' in a country.}}
The 'tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide' is a reference to one of Shakespeare's plays, ''[[The Third Part of King Henry VI]]'',<ref> [[Great Books, Shakespeare: I]], Edited by Mortimer J. Adler, 1952. </ref> while 'shake-scene' is a pun or play on words on Shakespeare's name.

His plays seem to show so much education and erudition that many theories have arisen that those works must have been written by someone else, famous candidates being the [[Oxfordian|Earl of Oxford]] and Sir [[Francis Bacon]]. Most scholars reject these theories, but there are enough questions that new theories of Shakespearean authorship continue to arise.

A long-standing theatrical [[superstition]] holds that it is bad luck to refer to ''Macbeth'' directly by its name while inside a theatre, and accordingly, actors traditionally refer to it obliquely as "the Scottish play." It is considered acceptable to voice the play's name only while rehearsing or performing the production itself.

Because Shakespeare's plays are so familiar, there are innumerable references to them in English literature. Sometimes his stories are recast into a different form. The musical ''West Side Story'' is a retelling of ''Romeo and Juliet,'' and the classic science-fiction movie ''Forbidden Planet'' is a transformed version of ''The Tempest.''

The reverence in which Shakespeare is held, and the archaic language of his plays (from the same era as the King James translation of the Bible) should not obscure the fact that his plays were (and still are) fabulously successful.

He is also famous for his 154 [[sonnet]]s, short poems written in a very strict [[rhyme scheme]]. The sonnets fall into series or sequences. Most of them are usually read as expressions of romantic or platonic love; some appear to be written to a married woman known in the sonnets as the "Dark Lady," some to a young man known as the "Fair Lord."

Considering his major themes, Shakespeare is undoubtedly a conservative figure by today's standards. Major conservative themes in his works include the sacred nature of the familial structure in [[King Lear]], the recognition of God in his plays and personal life, the existence of necessary war in [[The Famous Life of Henry V]], and the exposed injustice of taxation in [[Coriolanus]]. Not surprisingly, modern [[liberal]] literary critics often ignore these themes because of their place on the modern political spectrum.

Shakespeare wrote in his will, "I commend my soul into the hands of God, my Creator, hoping and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ, my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting."<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-04-23&view=View</ref>

His tomb in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, England, reads as follows:<ref>''Id.''</ref>
{{cquote|Good Friend For Jesus Sake Forbeare, To Digg The Dust Enclosed Heare. Blese Be Ye Man Spares Thes Stones, And Curst Be He Moves My Bones.}}

== List of Plays by Shakespeare[http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/bibliography/bibliography.htm] ==

=== Comedies ===
[[File:Shakespeare f. Reuters.jpg|right]]
*[[Two Gentlemen of Verona]] (1589)
*[[The Comedy of Errors]] (1589)
*[[The Taming of the Shrew]] (1593)
*[[Love's Labour's Lost]] (1594)
*[[A Midsummer-Night's Dream]] (1595)
*[[The Merchant of Venice]] (1596)
*[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]] (1597)
*[[Much Ado About Nothing]] (1598)
*[[As You Like It]] (1599)
*[[Twelfth Night]] (1601)
*[[All's Well That Ends Well]] (1602)
*[[Measure for Measure]] (1603)
*[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]] (1607)
*[[Cymbeline]] (1609)
*[[The Winter's Tale]] (1609)
*[[The Tempest]] (1610)
*[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]] (1613)

=== Histories ===
*[[The Life and Death of King John]] (1590)
*[[The First Part of King Henry VI]] (1590)
*[[The Second Part of King Henry VI]] (1592)
*[[The Third Part of King Henry VI]] (1593)
*[[The Tragedy of King Richard III]] (1593)
*[[The Tragedy of King Richard II]] (1595)
*[[The First Part of King Henry IV]] (1596)
*[[The Second Part of King Henry IV]] (1597)
*[[The Famous Life of King Henry V]] (1599)
*[[The Famous Life of King Henry VIII]] (1613)

=== Tragedies ===
*[[Titus Andronicus]] (1591)
*[[Romeo and Juliet]] (1594)
*[[Julius Caesar (Play)|Julius Caesar]] (1599)
*[[Troilus and Cressida]] (1600)
*[[Hamlet]] (1600)
*[[Othello]] (1603)
*[[Timon of Athens]] (1604)
*[[King Lear]] (1605)
*[[Macbeth]] (1606)
*[[Coriolanus]] (1608)
*[[Antony and Cleopatra]] (1608)

== Trivia ==
* "Shakespeare" was spelled many ways before English spelling was standardized. Some of the more unexpected forms are "Shaxper," "Shaxberd," "Shaksper," and "Shake-Speare" (the hyphenated version adding fuel to the ongoing Shakespeare Authorship Question).<ref>http://shakespeare-authorship.com</ref>

== See also ==

*[[Leo Tolstoy]]
*[[Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra]]

== External links ==

*[http://books.mirror.org/gb.shakespeare.html An Index to Online Great Books]

==References==
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