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Poll: Did William Shakespeare of Stratford upon Avon exist as an historical person?
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Yes, absolutely; like Julius Caesar.
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Probably.
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Unknown.
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Not probably.
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Definitively not.
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Did William Shakespeare exist?
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RE: Did William Shakespeare exist?
(April 6, 2016 at 1:46 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
(April 6, 2016 at 1:19 pm)Aegon Wrote: Oh look, another historical figure with little evidence of their existence that everyone just accepts as existing. But just replace the name with "Jesus"...

Oh look....documentary evidence of Shakespeare.

http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/evidence/evidence28.html

If only we had anything like it for fucking jesus.
Yes, then you could glibly call it a forgery.

Quote:In 1598 these early registers were replaced by more durable ones and all entries since 1558 were copied into them. This occurred in Stratford and the entry of Shakespeare’s baptism was therefore copied in 1600 by a clerk from a lost original
http://findingshakespeare.co.uk/going-di...hakespeare
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Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Mudhammam - April 6, 2016 at 6:04 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Alex K - April 6, 2016 at 6:08 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Mudhammam - April 6, 2016 at 6:27 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Alex K - April 6, 2016 at 6:31 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Minimalist - April 6, 2016 at 12:24 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by downbeatplumb - April 6, 2016 at 12:33 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Minimalist - April 6, 2016 at 12:36 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Aegon - April 6, 2016 at 1:19 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Minimalist - April 6, 2016 at 1:46 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Mudhammam - April 7, 2016 at 2:26 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by ApeNotKillApe - April 6, 2016 at 1:21 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Aegon - April 6, 2016 at 1:27 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by ApeNotKillApe - April 6, 2016 at 1:32 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Aegon - April 6, 2016 at 1:39 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Edwardo Piet - April 6, 2016 at 1:48 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Minimalist - April 6, 2016 at 2:00 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Mudhammam - April 7, 2016 at 2:21 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Minimalist - April 7, 2016 at 2:56 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Pat Mustard - April 15, 2016 at 9:40 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Grandizer - April 15, 2016 at 10:03 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Pat Mustard - April 16, 2016 at 11:47 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by robvalue - April 7, 2016 at 3:11 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by rexbeccarox - April 7, 2016 at 3:18 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Alex K - April 7, 2016 at 4:01 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by robvalue - April 7, 2016 at 4:04 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Minimalist - April 7, 2016 at 4:16 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Mudhammam - April 7, 2016 at 9:33 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Minimalist - April 7, 2016 at 9:52 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Mudhammam - April 7, 2016 at 9:56 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Minimalist - April 7, 2016 at 10:02 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Mudhammam - April 7, 2016 at 10:36 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by rexbeccarox - April 16, 2016 at 12:51 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Mudhammam - April 17, 2016 at 1:02 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Edwardo Piet - April 15, 2016 at 1:04 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Minimalist - April 16, 2016 at 12:22 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by CapnAwesome - April 16, 2016 at 1:52 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by thesummerqueen - April 16, 2016 at 7:42 pm
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by c172 - April 17, 2016 at 1:22 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by LastPoet - April 17, 2016 at 6:40 am
RE: Did William Shakespeare exist? - by Mudhammam - April 17, 2016 at 12:13 pm

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