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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Apparently there are still undiscovered sex references in Shakespeare’s works. Heloise Senechal, working on a new edition of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Complete Works, says that she’s used “computer techniques” to find previously unrecognized double entendres. Apparently they’re hoping to go for a more realistic appreciation of Shakespeare’s time in their footnotes. They’ll emphasize the base nature of the work to get away from the idea that it was all high class.

I don’t know what sort of computer techniques she’s using, exactly, but the rules seem pretty obvious, and completely Freudian (although he came later): anything longer than it is wide is a phallic symbol, and any reference to “hole”, “gap”, or any other sort of space where one might want to put something is…..well, I run a family blog here. Although it appears Shakespeare was a bit more generous in his descriptions of the ladies, as you’ll often discover that food references (pie, “fruit dish”, etc…) are also a common one, and often when speaking of birds he was referring to ladies of, shall we say, low morals.

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From a blog called Charlie’s Mum over at Live Journal I find OnePage Books. What do they sell? How about a poster containing the entire text of your favorite Shakespeare play? Pretty cool. She says it’s $300 at Amazon, but I think she misread it as I see the link for $39.99.

I just moved my office downstairs to the basement addition. I wonder if I have any free wallspace left? Hmmmm….

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