tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414406.post-32325994870455559772008-05-06T12:32:00.003-04:002008-05-06T12:38:55.518-04:00In an otherwise <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/05/080505fa_fact_zarin">engaging profile</a> of British thespian and former director of the (new) Globe Theatre Mark Rylance, we learn yet again how unexposed to critical thinking a number of modern artists are.<br /><blockquote>In 1989, Rylance played Hamlet and Romeo four times a week each, in R.S.C. productions in Stratford-on-Avon. While acting there, he began to think about the authorship question. He thinks now that Shakespeare was likely a front for a small band of writers, perhaps headed by Francis Bacon, which included, among others, Lady Mary Sidney.</blockquote>I know many theatre professionals are not that computer savvy, but you would've thought someone Rylance's age would've at least been curious as to whether anyone ever did <a href="http://shakespeareauthorship.com/elval.html">an analysis of Shakespeare's writing</a> compared to the usual suspects supposed to have written in his stead.<br /><br />But no, I guess not. Cue <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/4081/Shakespeare.html">The Place 2 Be</a>...John Farrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18280296574996987228johnwfarrell@gmail.com