What's on the Page

For what feels like forever, now, my inbox has pestered me with countless articles regarding 'Anonymous,' all asking the same question—who wrote Shakespeare? I've been ignoring them, mostly, but when one includes Ed Hall's thought on the subject....well, that's worth taking a look.

His conclusion?

I only worry about what’s on the page. I must have directed half the plays in the canon and what I detect is a similarity of style, technique and structure that is robust, workmanlike, inspiring, and works extraordinarily well on an audience [...] When you come to some of the later plays you can tell there are other authors, which we know about, because they jump out at you. But otherwise the authorship doesn’t worry me because it doesn’t affect the drama.

Well put.

Full article here.  [e]