I only link to this story because “Digging Shakespeare” is what I want to call my book if I ever get around to writing it. 🙂 Actually this story does have a few interesting bits — I did not realize that “Will in the World” was at all controversial, for instance.

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The Tragik Historie of William Gates:

Two of my favorite loves: Shakespeare, and bashing Bill Gates. “A drum, a drum! Bill Gates doth come!”

GATES
By my troth I know I am the ruler of BASIC.
But how of operating systems?
Duke Kildall lives yet,
And CP/M doth hold much sway o’er the lands
And to be Monopolist! Yea, that
Stands not within the prospect of belief
Speak, and do say from whence
You owe this strange intelligence.

You may have to know something about the history of the PC wars to really appreciate this, but it’s good stuff.

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The New York Review of Books: Who Killed Christopher Marlowe?:

Ooooo, I wish I had time to sit and digest this all right now. It’s so rare that you get good quality articles about Marlowe. And by Stephen Greenblatt no less (he of “Will in the World : How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare” fame).

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