Florio, the simple answer. Florio's first patron was Robert Dudley during the heyday of Leicester's Men. Thomas North was also part of that circle. We know that copious amounts of both North and Florio material are in the First Folio. I doubt that North or Florio wrote plays, it was beneath their station. They could have contributed material to the playwrights for Leicester's Men in an effort to help Dudley woo the Queen. This suggests an earlier insertion of the Italian material into the plays that evolved over the course of the next 40 years. This may work better than giving Shakespeare an education for which there is no evidence. As for the editing of the First Folio, that was both Ben Jonson and John Florio as is born out by the presence of unique Florio words in the First Folio with more words being added soon. I would suggest that Florio may have provided foundational material for the First Folio to Leicester's Men and his fingerprints are all over the editing of the First Folio with some minor revisions likely. Shakespeare was a player and a bush league Peaky Blinder which is how he paid for his fancy house in Stratford. This is also why Lordly writers of the First Folio are highly unlikely. Most theatrical groups were thinly disguised criminal enterprises. A good article on the subject, William Shakespeare : Gangster by Mike Dash. I would post the link but it gets shadow banned by youtube's Propaganda Parameters. Good show, full of good, useful information.
What puzzles me is after the First Folio was published was there no financial records of how the man from Stratford's family benefited financially from its sales. It was a very expensive book. Perhaps they did not profit at all from it but I would imagine this would be worth researching.
Evidence? It can factually proved, through the texts, that Shakespeare’s work could not have been written without Florio. How Shakespeare’s work were written remains a mystery….
This is a delightful survey of the authorship question. Many thanks for uploading.
Florio, the simple answer. Florio's first patron was Robert Dudley during the heyday of Leicester's Men. Thomas North was also part of that circle. We know that copious amounts of both North and Florio material are in the First Folio. I doubt that North or Florio wrote plays, it was beneath their station. They could have contributed material to the playwrights for Leicester's Men in an effort to help Dudley woo the Queen. This suggests an earlier insertion of the Italian material into the plays that evolved over the course of the next 40 years. This may work better than giving Shakespeare an education for which there is no evidence. As for the editing of the First Folio, that was both Ben Jonson and John Florio as is born out by the presence of unique Florio words in the First Folio with more words being added soon. I would suggest that Florio may have provided foundational material for the First Folio to Leicester's Men and his fingerprints are all over the editing of the First Folio with some minor revisions likely. Shakespeare was a player and a bush league Peaky Blinder which is how he paid for his fancy house in Stratford. This is also why Lordly writers of the First Folio are highly unlikely. Most theatrical groups were thinly disguised criminal enterprises. A good article on the subject, William Shakespeare : Gangster by Mike Dash. I would post the link but it gets shadow banned by youtube's Propaganda Parameters. Good show, full of good, useful information.
Fantastic! Worth watching several times.
Great research and lecture! 👌🏼
What puzzles me is after the First Folio was published was there no financial records of how the man from Stratford's family benefited financially from its sales. It was a very expensive book. Perhaps they did not profit at all from it but I would imagine this would be worth researching.
Excellent presentation.
I really love and admire John Florio
9:16 epic summation of the Stratford theory / myth
Fascinating
Nobody gets it, it's a wild goose chase. It's a joke on life/death and immortality
Love’s Labours Lost?
DeVere wrote the Works with editing assistance.
Evidence? It can factually proved, through the texts, that Shakespeare’s work could not have been written without Florio. How Shakespeare’s work were written remains a mystery….
Fascinating