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Thread #47700   Message #4226872
Posted By: GUEST,keberoxu
07-Aug-25 - 08:16 PM
Thread Name: Is it me or is Shakespeare very strange
Subject: RE: Is it me or is Shakespeare very strange
In the opening post, Dave the Gnome compared
A Midsummer Night's Dream to The Taming of the Shrew.

I think MIdsummer Night's Dream is too weird and wonderful
to be by anyone else but Shakespeare.

I have seen some convincing arguments, however, regarding plays like
The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice,
saying that multiple hands were at work there,
with Shakespeare writing the really stellar speeches
and other authors working out the rest of the plays.
It gave me something to think about, anyhow.