Marlowe [alias Shake-speare] since 1593 had lost his identity and had to spent the rest of his life as a refugee.
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The enduring Middle East conflict forced streams of people into Europe. It’s said to be the largest refugee crisis since World War II.-
The media (British Library, ORF, NDR, Die Welt, Huffington Post, Hamburger Abendblatt etc. etc.) early joined the bandwagon of press agencies: seemingly trying to calm down: they all assured us that such things are not uncommon but and have been described impressively already in Elisabethan times by William Shakespeare. The German media spoke erroneously even of a new discovery.
The media referred to a monologue of a (existing handwritten) surviving play script supposedly by William Shakespeare, in which he imagines Sir Thomas More making an impassioned plea for the humane treatment of refugees, (available online by the British Library). -
The media referred to a monologue of a (existing handwritten) surviving play script supposedly by William Shakespeare, in which he imagines Sir Thomas More making an impassioned plea for the humane treatment of refugees, (available online by the British Library). -
England had its own refugee crisis, with over 64,000 arriving on English shores between the 1330 and 1550,
England’s Medieval Immigrants. Strangely only 3 pages of the manuscript, ff. 8r, 8v and 9r, have been identified as Shakespeare’s, based on handwriting, spelling, vocabulary and the images and ideas expressed. -
Sept.23, 2016 a new german translation of the monologue (compare it with that in Wikipedia) and an essay by Frank Günther together with a preface of Heribert Prantl (Süddeutsche Zeitung) appeared in a small booklet ("Die Fremden")
Sept.23, 2016 a new german translation of the monologue (compare it with that in Wikipedia) and an essay by Frank Günther together with a preface of Heribert Prantl (Süddeutsche Zeitung) appeared in a small booklet ("Die Fremden")
It has been speculated that after the Queen’s death in 1603, Shakespeare was brought in to revise the script, along with three other playwrights. Shakespeare’s additions include 147 lines in the middle of the action, in which More is called on to address an anti-immigration riot on the streets of London. He delivers a gripping speech to the aggressive mob, who are baying for so-called ‘strangers’ to be banished: - The figure More relies on human empathy to make his point: if the rioters were suddenly banished to a foreign land, they would become ‘wretched strangers’ too, and equally vulnerable to attack.’ (listen to Mc Kellans speech!). It is by no means settled that More’s words were indeed written by William from Stratford.. –
Absurdly at present the play is considered to be written in "collaboration", in a team e.g. by Munday, Peele, Chettle, Heywood, Shakespeare, Wilkins, Middleton, Dekker, …(s.Blog 448 ”).-
This "bizarre" inconsistency could be resolved, if the Academic "Shakespeare Orthodoxy" would have accepted a real historical "Authorship Conspiracy " ( read Summary) .
The Monologue and the Play must have been written by the 'true / real' Shakespeare, not identical with the Stratfordman !
