Deniers and appropriators are both merely separate attention seekers.

 I thought that certain facts must be brought forward. 

I don't care who wrote what or who discovered what or who invented what? To whom the credit must go etc because in the ultimate analysis, it is the utility, purpose, meaning, intrinsic value , lessons, learning and so on that are to be delivered to humanity for posterity. 

Depending on that, we can choose to imbibe, internalise or ignore. 

That's why the I thought that certain facts must be brought forward. 

I don't care who wrote what or who discovered what or who invented what? To whom the credit must go etc because in the ultimate analysis, it is the utility, purpose, meaning, intrinsic value , lessons, learning and so on that are to be delivered to humanity for posterity. 

Depending on that, we can choose to imbibe, internalise or ignore. 

That's why the deniers and appropriators are both merely separate attention seekers. 

The stories and lessons that got delivered are of greater importance than whether it was Shakespeare or Pierceshake. Whether he was a Catholic or whether he had long flowing hair or whether he was from Greece or Germany. 

Yes, I was aware of this claim. 

Like all of the claims that Shakespeare was anyone OTHER than Shakespeare, they all start with a premise and then bend the facts (and ignore inconvenient ones) to "prove" their claim.

I assume the modern day critics & biographers want to get the limelight rather than establishing truth. 

Does it at all matter whether it was not he, Shakespeare… the stories  and characters having been borrowed but having grown in humanity - and outgrown the bard himself; facts are being bent to either accommodate or achieve a very contorted view of a hypothetical WRITER (man or woman)! Pay no heed to the news clipping.

Because it stems from, like most things in Great Britain, from a question of class. In the 19th Century many scholars couldn't accept, were almost offended by, the notion that Shakespeare wasn't upper class and even worse, he was from the provinces. 

So it began, the never ending quest to repurpose Shakespeare in their own image. There are many couplets that only rhyme if spoken with an east Anglian accent. Many colloquial phrases are used, for example, "I may be mad North by Northwest / but when the wind blows Southerly/ I know a hawk from a handsaw". 

To the vast majority of the English speaking world that makes no sense because a Hawk is a bird of prey and a handsaw is a carpenter's tool. However, in Shakespeare's local dialect, a Handsaw is a bird (a heron I think). It makes sense when you know this.

It has been exaggerated in the media and given a huge resounding board in certain publishing circles.

The stories and lessons that got delivered are of greater importance than whether it was Shakespeare or Pierceshake. Whether he was a Catholic or whether he had long flowing hair or whether he was from Greece or Germany. 

Yes, I was aware of this claim. 

Like all of the claims that Shakespeare was anyone OTHER than Shakespeare, they all start with a premise and then bend the facts (and ignore inconvenient ones) to "prove" their claim.

I assume the modern day critics & biographers want to get the limelight rather than establishing truth. 

Does it at all matter whether it was not he, Shakespeare… the stories  and characters having been borrowed but having grown in humanity - and outgrown the bard himself; facts are being bent to either accommodate or achieve a very contorted view of a hypothetical WRITER (man or woman)! Pay no heed to the news clipping.

Because it stems from, like most things in Great Britain, from a question of class. In the 19th Century many scholars couldn't accept, were almost offended by, the notion that Shakespeare wasn't upper class and even worse, he was from the provinces. 

So it began, the never ending quest to repurpose Shakespeare in their own image. There are many couplets that only rhyme if spoken with an east Anglian accent. Many colloquial phrases are used, for example, "I may be mad North by Northwest / but when the wind blows Southerly/ I know a hawk from a handsaw". 

To the vast majority of the English speaking world that makes no sense because a Hawk is a bird of prey and a handsaw is a carpenter's tool. However, in Shakespeare's local dialect, a Handsaw is a bird (a heron I think). It makes sense when you know this.

It has been exaggerated in the media and given a huge resounding board in certain publishing circles.