tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040484164765793907.post963156150161561088..comments2023-11-25T04:57:42.356-05:00Comments on Prestwick Café: The Shakespeare QuestionKeith Bergstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18156666108206916531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040484164765793907.post-43029322897886435702007-07-06T12:07:00.000-04:002007-07-06T12:07:00.000-04:00Dr. Waugaman--Interesting. Consider me signed up. ...Dr. Waugaman<BR/><BR/>--Interesting. Consider me signed up. While I'm not as convinced as you are, it's definitely a topic worth looking at. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if any High School teachers out there teach the authorship question? How would you approach bringing it up in a classroom? Remember, you've only got a few minutes, and you're addressing those who might be reading Shakespeare for the first time.Keith Bergstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156666108206916531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040484164765793907.post-62219383128248007452007-07-03T12:50:00.000-04:002007-07-03T12:50:00.000-04:00For those who are interested, there's a petition s...For those who are interested, there's a petition signed by about 300 people so far, who agree it's legitimate to ask "who wrote Shakespeare's works." (It's at www.DoubtAboutWill.org) Those who believe in the ideal of academic freedom will be disappointed to learn that organizations like the Shakespeare Association of America take the position that there is NO legitimate question about authorship. I've now spent several years researching the question, at the Folger Shakespeare Library and elsewhere, and I'd give Edward de Vere about a 95% probability of being the true author.<BR/>Richard M. Waugaman, M.D.<BR/>Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,<BR/>Georgetown University School of Medicine<BR/>Training Analyst Emeritus, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute<BR/>Reader, Folger Shakespeare LibraryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com