All The Mysteries That Remain

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Thomas North Literally Lived the Shakespeare Plays (Part 1: 1550s-1560s)

Thomas North Literally Lived the Shakespeare Plays (Part 1: 1550s-1560s)

Here are the iconic scenes from Shakespeare plays that North, himself, experienced

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The previous post addressed the question of whether the greatest works of literature tend to be autobiographical.

Do the Greatest Works of the World's Greatest Writers Tend to be Autobiographical? [Unpaywalled]

Do the Greatest Works of the World's Greatest Writers Tend to be Autobiographical? [Unpaywalled]

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Over the next few posts, we will confirm that this was especially the case with the plays of Shakespeare—which really do present the entire life of Thomas North, “play by play, subplot by subplot.” As I wrote in the post above:

Of course, no…

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