Yes, while preparing my dissertation on the Bard (in spite of a certain conviction that I was calling attention to a thief) I came across this as I was belly-crawling through the stacks at the University of Minnesota Library:
Bracebridge, C. H. Shakespeare no deer-stealer. 1862
For a bit I was heartened and determined to continue (I had lost heart when I realized I was writing a dissertion on a criminal).
I tried to believe but was finally oerwhelmed by the truth. He did steal deer.
That's when my tragic decline began.
Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: "joe green"
Subject: Re: the little dogs and all
> The same historical record that reveals that he did his best writing at
> Stratford and was no Deer Stealer. That historical record.
Ah, right, *that historical record.
Sorry, my sense of irony must have been in abeyance when I replied this
morning.
Apologies.
(The kicker, of course, is "did his best writing at Stratford", where I
suppose a case could be made if we consider "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape
of Lucrece" to be his best work. While there's absolutely no evidence that
he wrote them in Stratford rather than in London, it's not absolutely
implausible, given that they came out when the theatres were closed. Maybe
he had time on his hands and was bored with Anne's company. Still prefer
Lear to Lucrece, but.)
Robin
> Robin Hamilton wrote: From: "joe green"
>
>> Tray almost certainly was a dachshund.
>>
>> http://home.pacbell.net/jcreitz/Andouille_Dachshund_Page3.html
>>
>> The Dachshund in Literature
>>
>> ... The historical record reveals that William Shakespeare himself, the
>> greatest writer of the English language, kept a pack of dachshunds at
>> Stratford-upon-Avon, where he did his best writing.
>
> Believe *that if you like. Which historical record? First I've heard of
> it.
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