Bonner Cutting — Connecting the Dots: How Shakspere Became Shakespeare

How a Man Who Could Scarcely Write his Name Became Revered as the Greatest Writer in the English Language

Those of us who have examined the historical evidence know that only six scrawled signatures exist in the handwriting of William Shakspere, the glover’s son from Stratford-upon-Avon. There is not a shred of evidence that this historical individual ever went to school: no teacher that he might have had took note of him; no classmate recalls him. No one (so far as we know) ever received a letter from him. No literary person of the time (or anyone else) ever wrote him a letter with the exception of a Stratford neighbor who asked him for a loan of money. (But this letter was not sent). In spite of the many seditious topics and politically dangerous materials in the plays published under the moniker “William Shakespeare,” the government authorities were completely uninterested in making his acquaintance. When he died, no one noticed. But, as the centuries rolled on, this person became the inspiration for a multi-billion dollar/pound industry. In fact, he has been called “the greatest of all Englishmen.” Moreover, he has become the focal point for the cultural identity of the English people! How did this happen with no evidence to support it? Bonner Cutting explains how we got here.

This talk was presented at the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship Conference in Hartford, CT on October 20, 2019.

Bonner Miller Cutting is a frequent speaker at Shakespeare authorship conferences and gives introductory talks on the authorship question to community organizations, literary groups and book clubs. In her recently published book, Necessary Mischief: Exploring the Shakespeare
Question, Ms. Cutting reveals new information on ten authorship-related subjects including the Last Will and Testament of William Shakspere of Stratford-upon-Avon, the £1,000 annuity that Queen Elizabeth I gave to Edward de Vere, and the naughty subject (to write about): did the Virgin Queen have a child? The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship has four of Ms. Cutting’s YouTube presentations posted on its website, and she has made podcasts for the SOF “Don’t Quill the Messenger” series.

For more on the Shakespeare Authorship Question, visit shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org.

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