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You guys are great! I’m a fan!
Thanks, Katrina. Trixie the Cat and I really appreciate it. Stewart
I have just read your article on Love’s Labour’s Lost. I had already come to the same conclusion as you – that the Princess represents Elizabeth 1. The way you argue the point is expert and and very convincing.
Thanks, Michael, for letting me know. All the best to you. Stewart
At one point I thought that the part where the princess hears of her father’s death and so has to return home as queen, pulled against the idea that the the character reflected Elizabeth. That didn’t happen to Elizabeth because when her father died it was her half brother Edward who became king.
However I now realise there was in fact a similar incident in the life of Elizabeth. She was at Hatfield House when news arrived that her half sister Mary had died. She then left Hatfield House as queen. What a dramatic, epoch-making moment. No wonder Shakespeare included it.
What I have seen so far of your interpretations of Shakespeare really strike a chord with me. There seem to be important points in the plays that academics are missing. Maybe that’s because they are academics rather than people working in theatre, or otherwise in the creative arts. I feel you are shining a light on these important, hidden gems. Thank you.
I have just ordered Love’s Labours Found.
Michael O’Callaghan
Thank you for your kind comments, Michael. I’ve changed my mind a bit on the book, but basically I stand by it. I now feel there was a split between Shakespeare and Southampton in 1605 when Southampton’s wife produced a son for him.
Thanks for the update. Will bear in mind while reading.
I have a new Shakespeare Code theory. It is on the real meaning of The Taming of the Shew. The play is not a sexist horror. It is really an expression of the bind of English Catholics having to assent to things they don’t believe in, and everyone knows they don’t believe. Might be triggered by the Act of Supremacy, and the Oath of Supremacy. The message really is in code.
https://londonshakespearegroup.wordpress.com/2020/08/17/general-discussion/
I wonder what you think. My Shakespeare reading group was underwhelmed.