The Shakespeare Conspiracy isn't the only work that is concerned with the true writers of the works by "The Bard of Stratford on Avon."
Another movie, scheduled to be released this coming September 30, is entitled Anonymous and it deals with the same subject.
In Anonymous, however, the real author of the Shakespearean works is not Christopher Marlowe, but rather Edward De Verre, the 17th Earl of Oxford.
The three most popular candidates for the real authorship of the works are Christopher Marlowe, Edward De Verre and Francis Bacon. And, of course, each candidate has a myriad of followers, each more convinced than the next.
But the new movie has quite a pedigreed. It stars Vanessa Redgrave and Derek Jacobi, both big names. And the director is Roland Emmerich (who directed Independence Day and 2012).
The previews are already showing in movie houses across the nation. (You can see the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBmnkk0QW3Q).
This other movie will certainly not hurt The Shakespeare Conspiracy motion picture, scheduled for release in 2012. Actually, there seems to be a plethora of interest lately in the real authorship of Shakespeare's works.
A book will soon be released is entitled Blood and Ink by D.K. Marley. It also contends that Christopher Marlowe wrote the works.
Even though the cases for Bacon and De Verre are strong, they don't compare with the proofs that Marlowe was the actual author. What has kept Marlowe's name from being the only candidate is the fact that the world thinks he was dead when Shakespeare supposedly wrote all those works. As The Shakespeare Conspiracy explains, Marlowe really didn't die, but instead faked his own death to avoid being tried for treason and heresy.
Yes, the conspiracy theories are flourishing.
The world 'thinks' Marlowe died, eh? The world has hard proof that Marlowe DID die, a coroner's report, in black and white. And how did he fake his own death? Are there witnesses? Will names be named? Or will it be the usual conspiracy theory claptrap? And what treason charge was Marlowe facing? The charge was one of 'vile heretical conceits', a serious charge but not treason. And the cases for Bacon and de Vere are 'strong', are they? Bacon was debunked decades ago, and de Vere will go the same way. The only 'strong' case, irrefutable you might say, is the man that people at the time said wrote the plays, his friends and associates, rival dramatists Robert Greene and Ben Jonson, the Master of the Revels, the Stationer's Registers, numerous printers, namely William Shakespeare. Hard evidence, not circumstantial, and not from the bizarre world of the conspiracy theory crackpot. Other than that I like your blog - it's lively and it's jolly, so all the best.
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