Anne Shakespeare and the Fourth Wave
The emerging fourth wave of feminism has deep roots stretching back to Anne Shakespeare's plays and poems. When we talk of intersectionality (gender, race, colour), of social media (think theatre) and rape culture and violence against women then no-one should be surprised that Anne covered all of these in her plays and poems.
Anne Shakespeare and her feminine voice
Every poem, sonnet and play Anne Shakespeare wrote has one purpose, it is Anne searching for (and finding) her own voice - a female voice in a male dominated world.
Anne Shakespeare in love
Love is one of Anne Shakespeare's core beliefs, but wasn't it a nice little film? Unfortunately, it had the wrong Shakespeare in the lead. If we were to do a true to life film of William Shakespeare in love it would look completely different.
Was Anne Shakespeare a feminist?
If we are speaking of Anne Shakespeare, the real author of the works, the answer is: Yes. On the other hand, the short answer is: No. That is a no if we are speaking of William Shakespeare (the assumed author of the works).
Anne Shakespeare and the Question: Was William Shakespeare Gay?
Was Anne Shakespeare’s husband, William, gay? There is certainly a number of Shakespearean scholars who hold to this belief based on seeing the Sonnets as an autobiographical account of William as author.
Anne Shakespeare: Another Digression
Last blog I started to talk about my next book which is going to look at Anne Shakespeare's core beliefs (as I see them) of love, nature, free will, and humanism (and religious beliefs). These are all filtered through Anne's feminine voice. And why not? Here we have the (possibly) greatest female writer of all time writing under the guise of her husband, William Shakespeare in order to immortalise him.
Anne Shakespeare: A digression
I have no doubt that Anne Shakespeare is the real author of the works attributed to her husband, William. Neither do I doubt that it was a conscious decision by Anne that William should be accorded all of the honours that went with (and continue to go with) this recognition…
Anne Shakespeare: What’s all the fuss about?
Because Anne Shakespeare is the true author, try not to think of William Shakespeare as the author. How hard is that! I think we have all become accustomed to thinking this way because we have, from school to university, been conditioned to think that only a man of such genius could write like this.
Book launch: First book noting Anne Shakespeare as author
Anne Shakespeare is the true author of the plays, Sonnets and poems usually attributed to her husband, William.
Anne Shakespeare: WhAtS All ThE fuSS aBoUt?
Anne Shakespeare as author has created dissonance. We know what it is and why it happens. It is the same trying to unravel the web that has been spun around William Shakespeare as the author of the plays, poems and Sonnets attributed to him.
Anne Shakespeare: What IS All the Fuss About
Anne Shakespeare's Sonnets has at the top of the title page a most interesting frieze.
Anne Shakespeare: What’s all the fuss about?
The “fuss” is because there are a number of doubts raised about the real author is Anne Shakespeare, not William Shakespeare.
Anne Shakespeare: The beginning
Why, after 400 or more years, has no-one considered seriously that the true author behind the supposed works attributed to William Shakespeare, is his wife, Anne Shakespeare?