Some fellow petrolheads have been asking what I think about the movie Anonymous, and the thesis that the true author of the Shakespearean canon was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. You can make a case for anything provided you ignore evidence. In 1616, two of England’s leading poets, Michael Drayton and Ben Jonson journeyed from London to Stratford to be with Shakespeare as he lay dying. Game, set and match, I think. There are more than 60 candidates…
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