Shakespeare: The Genius We Never Knew

William Shakespeare was arguably the greatest writer in history. His works have been translated into every living language. He’s been credited with literally inventing a tenth of the entire English language, or almost 2000 new words and phrases, many of which remain in common usage to this day. Yet, he was an aspiring tradesman’s son during a time of great civil upheaval. He apparently left school at 13 only to be forced into a murky marriage at the age of 18. Despite these challenges he somehow managed to pen works that showed an incredible breadth and depth of knowledge of law, medicine, botany, geography, politics, history, religion and human psychology that mark him as a true renaissance man. And yet, we have so few pieces of material evidence about him that we could fit everything we know of his life, into literally one paragraph. We can’t even be sure that the portraits we instantly recognise are actually his. And yet, there are over a thousand books that have been written about him, almost all of which are based on pure speculation. Some even suggest that the man we assume to be the greatest treasure of the English Speaking World could not possibly be the obscure son of an illiterate glovemaker; but merely a front-man or pseudonym for a restless aristocrat wanting to keep anonymous. Join us, as we dive into the life and times of William Shakespeare; take a brief look at his works, themes and their significance, and review some of the ongoing controversies that have plagued our understanding of his legacy to this very day.
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Chapter Timeline:
02:37 Background
10:20 Ancient Theatre
14:53 Traditional History of the Life of William Shakespeare
23:20 The Lost Years
35:05 Some General Notes on Shakespeare's Plays
51:04 Shakespeare's Later Years
56:09 The Anti-Stratfordians
1:05:08 The Sonnet Problem
1:09:15 Final Thoughts

Further links related to content in the video (Youtube Links):

Medieval Perfect Storm (on this Channel)
https://youtu.be/qavGsly6y98

Brutus (on this Channel)
https://youtu.be/45BabLOPZio

Joseph Campbell's Monomyth or Hero's Journey, on the Triarius Project Channel:
https://youtu.be/KHOhHwzO_2Y

Iron John on the Triarius Project Channel:
https://youtu.be/HcF_dd3agMw

Cracking the Shakespeare Code with Petter Amundsen:
https://youtu.be/XpJzi3Junuc

The Shakespeare Mystery:
https://youtu.be/wkqcLJZ9I3s

9 Fake Facts about Shakespeare- A quick summary by Dr. Ros Barber
https://youtu.be/vPIKgfEWRo0

Diana Price and Shakespeare's lack of a Literary Trail
https://youtu.be/GEQNWpo1PSs

Shakespeare was a fake- by Alexander Waugh at Brunel University
https://youtu.be/XGn6eJkQlig

Who Wrote Shakespeare? Public debate
https://youtu.be/HgImgdJ5L6o

Shakespeare Authorship Question. Prof Paul Cantor:
https://youtu.be/dMM_Un6W_mQ

Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare?
By Dr. Ros Barber-
https://youtu.be/l8oJy318BDo
By Tom Regnier-
https://youtu.be/EAprYZnjGX4

Websites of prominent Anti-Stratfordian Groups:
https://deveresociety.co.uk/edward-de-vere-as-shakespeare/

https://shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org/the-oxfordian/

https://sirbacon.org/wells.htm

Shakespeare Authorship Question and trustworthiness:
https://youtu.be/5h1HJSNzDDI

Traditional Shakespeare Sites:
https://shakespeareauthorship.com/