Leahys rather devastating reflections...
obviously due to his lack of power of imagination?
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The article had 12,000 hits within the first 24 hours. As a german I didn't know exactly the meaning of "Chancer".
From the Synonym lexicon I got an idea: chameleon, chancer [British], opportunist, temporizer, timeserver, trimmer, weathercock Related Words egoist, egotist, self-seeker; conniver, machinator, plotter, schemer....
It is striking that Prof. Leahy with his specialised academic expertise for the Authorship problem,
a) never attempted to arrive at its own consistent theory or "working hypothesis" and
b) from the outset rejected (or ignored?) the Marlowe-Shakespeare Theory and never tested it (as far as I can see), not even as a "working hypothesis" -
There are not so many candidates better suited for a Shakespeare candidacy, unless you are a chancer of the first order.-- Leahy concluded his article by saying::
Maybe the plays were written by more than one author. (Leahys Opinion from the very beginning.)
Maybe they were collected together long after Shakespeare’s death and sold as being by him as a business venture, to make money.
Maybe Shakespeare was a chancer of the first order himself, claiming plays as his that were, shall we say, principally the work of his collaborators.
Maybe Shakespeare was just an excellent entrepreneur (which the records seem to suggest) with an eye on a fast buck and not a genius at all; at least not as far as writing goes.
Leahy: So when you pick up your paper and see that face looking out at you with “A Message of Love to Sweet Will” written next to it, read it and weep. But not for Shakespeare, no.
