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Sonic the playwright (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

And considering there has been debate for years if Shakespeare was real....

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe Shakespeare was...

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago

Not amongst serious people though. Shakespeare's life is well documented but rather dull. He just happened to be a terrific observer of human behaviour

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Tbh if anything that debate probably contributed to Shakespeare's (and his images') prominence in popular culture rather than reduced it.