A new film by Kenneth Branagh is a textbook case of how portraitists of the bard spin a paucity of fact into fairy tale.
Debating the authorship of the bard’s plays can only expand appreciation for his work, a Shakespearean actor writes.
The fault, dear reader, is not in the stars, but in ourselves. Or is it? Shakespeare couldn’t make up his mind about astrology, writes the author (a Gemini), and neither can some scientists, so who is she to close the door on it?
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But scholars say the handwriting in the margins may tell a different story.