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 Will - Christopher Rush
Newest Review: ... born to it. Do you think that the right schooling is necessary to nurture the talents of the best writers? Well I was ... more  ... pleased to learn that, like me, Shakespeare was glad to leave his school, which taught him what the masters regarded as absolute certainties, so leaving no room for intelligent discussion. In those austere conditions his masters would keep themselves warm by beating the posteriors of the small, hungry boys.
He tells life like it was for him. The reader will need to accept the violence, lack of hygiene and social niceties to appreciate this read. This master of words sometimes makes his descriptions more vivid than poetic,...more |
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Will - Christopher Rush: Bawdy Biography of the Bard (792 words)
by - written on 31/01/09 (Very useful, 635 readings)
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Will opens with William Shakespeare critically ill and needing to get his affairs in order. *** Religion *** Most people at this time would want a priest at their deathbed, but the reader learns about Shakespeare's life as he tells all to the lawyer in charge of his last will and testament. Over his lifetime he has seen people change from Catholic to Protestant, and vice versa, to be in the "right" religion for safety and/or worldly ambition. As he says that he does not want to be "accused" on being on one side or the other, he does not want any sort of churchman. Readers will in time learn of his true religious ... Read the complete review
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