Of course he was bi! One doesn't become The Fucking Bard by experiencing only half of life. Besides, everyone knows "theatre people" have no fucking morals; they'll sleep with anything that has a body temperature above freezing.
Good ol' Benny Franklin went about constantly dipping his noodle frivolously, many politicians and anyone in some position of power do it regularly, including those in religious positions of power.
Now, I may get bashed for this, my personal opinion, but who gives a shit:
I believe that all walking, talking human beings are actually bisexual.
It happens a great deal even in the animal world (of which we are, in actuality, a part) that the male doesn't care where or what, as long as the hole is warm and moist, they'll do their dipping.
What prevents many from acting on those impulses is religion and religion-driven society.
There are many more who secretly act on the impulses, behind closed doors, they quietly practice their follies... or should that be "feelies"?
One of the most enjoyable things about teaching high school literature classes is pointing out the innuendo and watching the light come on in those teenagers eyes — the realization that these people who lived centuries before us had the same thoughts and emotions that we do.🤣😂🤣
Pretty familiar circumstances in my family as well. I was born six months after my parents got married. My first kid was born two months after my first husband and I got married (7 lbs 11 oz); THAT kid and his wife had HIS first post-marriage twins (each about 6 pounds) approximately three months after the wedding. His younger brother—oddly, but following the pattern of subsequent children, a full-term baby—and his wife had HIS twins (also around 6-7 pounds each) roughly four months after the wedding.
We just call it "family tradition" and leave it at that.
Sorry James - and I love your writing, yes bought your first book ages ago - but there are direct descendants here in Sydney, Australia. John Shakespeare is a famous - and fantastic newspaper cartoonist - and he has an arty brother in Brisbane. so there! Haaaa.
Survey says... no. There are descendants of William's sister, not direct descendants of William. The Shakespeare family themselves say so. Hmmm... John here (not me) seems to be playing with the truth a bit...
I suspect it all comes down to what the word 'direct' is intended to mean.
Perhaps this: 'direct' meaning "some of William's DNA" (the family), or 'direct' meaning "from the same parental DNA as William" (hs sister's lineage).
Of course he was bi! One doesn't become The Fucking Bard by experiencing only half of life. Besides, everyone knows "theatre people" have no fucking morals; they'll sleep with anything that has a body temperature above freezing.
He was a playwright, dammit, not a bass player. He had standards.
Hahahahahahaha
Such a shame he has no descendants. What a fantastic claim to be able to make at a cocktail party.
This great writing!
Good ol' Benny Franklin went about constantly dipping his noodle frivolously, many politicians and anyone in some position of power do it regularly, including those in religious positions of power.
Now, I may get bashed for this, my personal opinion, but who gives a shit:
I believe that all walking, talking human beings are actually bisexual.
It happens a great deal even in the animal world (of which we are, in actuality, a part) that the male doesn't care where or what, as long as the hole is warm and moist, they'll do their dipping.
What prevents many from acting on those impulses is religion and religion-driven society.
There are many more who secretly act on the impulses, behind closed doors, they quietly practice their follies... or should that be "feelies"?
THE Bard, yes!
One of the most enjoyable things about teaching high school literature classes is pointing out the innuendo and watching the light come on in those teenagers eyes — the realization that these people who lived centuries before us had the same thoughts and emotions that we do.🤣😂🤣
Edward de Vere is the Bard. Shakespeare is the pen name.
https://fictiongutted.substack.com/p/de-vere-as-shakespeare
𝐴𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒. 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑢𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠.”
Pretty familiar circumstances in my family as well. I was born six months after my parents got married. My first kid was born two months after my first husband and I got married (7 lbs 11 oz); THAT kid and his wife had HIS first post-marriage twins (each about 6 pounds) approximately three months after the wedding. His younger brother—oddly, but following the pattern of subsequent children, a full-term baby—and his wife had HIS twins (also around 6-7 pounds each) roughly four months after the wedding.
We just call it "family tradition" and leave it at that.
Sorry James - and I love your writing, yes bought your first book ages ago - but there are direct descendants here in Sydney, Australia. John Shakespeare is a famous - and fantastic newspaper cartoonist - and he has an arty brother in Brisbane. so there! Haaaa.
Survey says... no. There are descendants of William's sister, not direct descendants of William. The Shakespeare family themselves say so. Hmmm... John here (not me) seems to be playing with the truth a bit...
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/william-shakespeare/how-many-children-did-shakespeare-have/
Hmmm I'm sure they did their checking - and it's such a rare name as well. Who knows?
I suspect it all comes down to what the word 'direct' is intended to mean.
Perhaps this: 'direct' meaning "some of William's DNA" (the family), or 'direct' meaning "from the same parental DNA as William" (hs sister's lineage).