In the one-hour broadcasting (Bayern 2 ) and TV Show (Bayern Alpha) →"Tagesgespräch" about Shakespeare, April 11 2014, moderated by Achim Bogdahn and studio guest Prof. Dr. Tobias Döring (President of The German Shakespeare Society) , with the participation of the listeners there was one question concerning the authorship problem of 2 listeners, whether there had been Shakespeare at all and wether there exist a conspiracy theory ( Shakspere serving only as a straw man)
→Döring replied :
→Döring replied :
Translation : "Let me clear that up: Shakespeare actually existed, and he wrote these plays.
Such speculations and conspiracy theories do exist since the middle of the 19th century , i.e.very late , for 250 years no one had ever doubted the existence of that author [s. →Blog 50, → 72, →62, →51, →31, →29, →8, →6 ]and also no one doubted that he is the author of all the plays that we know of him, there is actually not the slightest reason to worry about it, it now become a self perpetuating, kind of parlor game .
Although it would be true that there are no sources about Shakespeare as a literary, highly educated (noble?) Person but only as a businessman, etc. .
...Since there is so much snobbery , he must have been a nobleman, who traveled the world, who has visited the Universities, ... and that's why there are about 50 candidates who would be presented again and again ... "
Conclusion : No one can expect that the Pontifex is questioning his God.
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