Debunking Shakespeare: Mike Rubbo's John Baker interviews, circa 2000

The many strikes against the Shakespeare-as-author theory. John Baker on Shakespeare's lost years, lack of education, time-management problem, daughters' illiteracy, etc. A great clip to show to people still on the fence regarding the authorship issue.

Video outtake from Mike Rubbo's film Much Ado About Something. Courtesy of Mike Rubbo.

For a clip of Much Ado About Something: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsJTbWF1-lg&feature=related

http://www.marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com (the web's #1 blog on the Marlowe-as-Shakespeare theory)

Mike Rubbo wrote and directed the critically acclaimed PBS/Frontline documentary, Much Ado About Something, which explores the Marlowe-as-Shakespeare theory.

"Much Ado About Something is a film of ideas - well, notions, anyway - that are bound to stimulate discussion, an aspect long missing from documentary [. . .] Mr. Rubbo is an old-fashioned rabble-rouser, and he knows a good story when he finds it. And he's got one in this case, with its adherents to a cause and their whipsaw articulation of thoughts." (Elvis Mitchell, New York Times)

http://www.marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com

For a raving review of Rubbo's film Much Ado About Something, this from Salon.com:
http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/feature/2002/03/02/shakespeare/index.html

Daryl Pinksen's website: http://marlowesghost.com/

International Marlowe-Shakespeare Society: http://www.marloweshakespeare.org/

Some notable Shakespeare doubters: Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry James, John Galsworthy, Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi - see http://www.doubtaboutwill.org/

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[fuferito]

I once saw most of this entire documentary. I hope it'll be posted soon: great fun and informative stuff.

[MSCblogspot]

You'll find a clip of Much Ado About Something on YouTube, or just look for the link on "more info"/right side of this page. Also, visit The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection blog for the clip and interviews with the filmmaker.

[CThomD]

Daryl Pinksen, on the Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection blogspot, has two excellent articles concerning the similarities in style between Marlowe & Shakespeare: "Marlowe, Shakespeare, and the Style Issue" and "On Mendenhall and Compelling Evidence of Marlowe Authorship."

[MSCblogspot]

Who was Philip Yordan? Pinksen, author of Marlowe's Ghost: the Blacklisting of the Man Who Was Shakespeare, has done exceptional work in showing a modern 20th-century parallel to the Shakespeare authorship controversy. So if you're skeptical about Shakespeare being a frontman, read Pinksen.

You can also read Pinksen's regular commentary on The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection blogspot.

[Mozartmostly]

insightful, thanks for uploading.

[LunaRosa6]

he makes some really good points.

[SebastianHGZ91]

The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection blog is a fun place to get into on all this.

[CThomD]

Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times on Rubbo's film:

" . . . an inviting piece of film . . . Much Ado About Something is a film of ideas - well, notions, anyway - that are bound to stimulate discussion, an aspect long missing from documentary."

Some notable Shakespeare doubters: Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Henry James, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Orson Welles, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi . . . .

[advancedatheist]

Christopher Columbus lived about a century before Shakespeare. While much about Columbus's real background remains mysterious, manuscripts in his own hand, including letters and the captain's logs from his voyages, have survived down to our time. We just don't have that kind of paper trail for Shakespeare, even though he lived in a later time when literary contemporaries like Francis Bacon kept commonplace books.