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No. 15: MORE BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Marie Delgado Travis As mentioned last time, there are scholars who believe that the “Bird” reference in the first and third lines of Shakespeare’s The Phoenix and the Turtle (1601) is an homage to the composer, William Byrd— a composer as well-known to Elizabethan and Jacobean music…
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No. 14: BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Marie Delgado Travis This revises a previous post, and continues our discussion of Shakespeare’s The Phoenix and the Turtle. I confess (punny— you’ll see what I mean), upon first reading, I found the opening “underwhelming” for the man who wrote Shakespeare: Let the Bird with the Lowdeft Lay…
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No. 13: Shakes-Speare’s Sigh By Marie Delgado Travis I’ve been revising my post on William Byrd, and just came across additional information, so it will have to wait a bit, but I promise it will be worth it! Meanwhile, I started thinking about the Vere last line of Shake-Speare’s The Phoenix and the Turtle [as…
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No. 12: Hidden Figures by Marie Delgado Travis Leaving William Byrd aside for a moment (to be curiously considered in my next post), I mused on what I personally would consider the “bird with the loudest lay.” You may recall that phrase is part of the first line of Shakespeare’s The Phoenix and the Turtle(dove):…
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No. 11: Hidden Messages by Marie Delgado Travis As mentioned in a previous post, St. Thomas Aquinas wrote five pieces circa 1264 for the Mass of a new Feast, Corpus Christi (literally,“The Body of Christ”), instituted by Pope Urban IV. One of these poems / Gregorian chants, Adoro Te Devote (literally, “Devoutly I Adore Thee”),…
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No. 10: BACK TO THE STARTING LINE by Marie Delgado Travis . By introducing the character Threnos as“Chorus” about two-thirds intoThe Phoenix and the Turtle [as in Turtledove] (1601), the man who wrote Shakespeare wants to ensure we view his poem as a “threnody,” a lamentation for the dead. A threnody can be rendered in…
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No. 9: Eating Crow: My Change of Heart on The Phoenix and the Turtle by Marie Delgado Travis Since I’ve commented on Shakespeare’s Sonnets and narrative poems over the past few posts, it seemed natural to look at The Phoenix and the Turtle (as in Turtledove), also ascribed to him. The poem first appeared in…
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No. 8: Putting the SON in Shake-Speares SONNETS by Marie Delgado Travis Over my last posts, I discussed how the Dedications to Shakespeare’s works make perfect sense, IF we realize that the young dedicatees were considering marriage to two of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford’s daughters: In other words, both promising young aristocrats…
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No. 7: Mr. W.H.o? By Marie Delgado Travis Over the last posts, I’ve adopted and proposed a series of interrelated theories and asides, based, inter alia, on the following sources: Introduction to Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, better known as the First Folio (1623), specifically: The List of « Principal Actors. » Ben Jonson’s Poems: « To…
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No. 6: «This is dedicated to the one I love.»— The Shirelles by Marie Delgado Travis PART ONE: Shakespeare’s Dedication to Venus and Adonis The 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere’s daughter, Elizabeth—later wife of William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, « the other W.S. » — was still engaged to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of…
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No. 5: Pray, My Love, Remember. — Ophelia in Hamlet Act IV, Scene 5 by Marie Delgado Travis Over a series of recent posts (below), I’ve tried to show that—much against my Will— Edward de Vere’s name crops up everywhere I look. For example, • In the introductions to Shakespeares [sic] First Folio (1623), most…
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No. 4: BARD WATCHING by Marie Delgado Travis ACT ONE, SCENE ONE: ”The Dream” (Enter Bottom) In previous Musings (below), I proposed, based on James Rollett’s excellent book … … that the anagrams in Ben Jonson’s poems, together with Droeshout‘s “composite” portrait of Shakespeare (with one shoulder facing away from the viewer) in the First Folio,…
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No. 3: THE BIG REVEAL (… but first, an Aside or Two!) by Marie Delgado Travis That every word doth almost tell my name…. — William Shakespeare Sonnet 76 Before ”The Big Reveal” on the Shakespeare Authorship Question, let me “double” back to the Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare in the First Folio, Mr. William Shakespeares…
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No. 2: SEEING DOUBLET by Marie Delgado Travis In my previous post, I discussed— and hopefully added dimension to— John M. Rollett’s theory in William Stanley as Shakespeare: Evidence of Authorship by the Sixth Earl of Derby (2015), that the anagram formed by the actors’ names in the First Folio (1623) reveals the true author…
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No. 1: WILL the REAL ”W.S.” KindLY STANd? by Marie Delgado Travis Marie is an award-winning poet and writer, with Masters degrees in Literature, Fine Arts and Law. “[The] greatest matters are many times carried in the weakest ciphers.”— Sir Francis Bacon In his 2015 book, William Stanley as Shakespeare: Evidence of Authorship by the Sixth…
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Thoughts on Shakespeare and an opportunity to express my own creativity
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No. 6: «This is dedicated to the one I love.»— The Shirelles by Marie Delgado Travis PART ONE: Shakespeare’s Dedication to Venus and Adonis The 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere’s daughter, Elizabeth—later wife of William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, « the other W.S. » — was still engaged to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of…
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