I tend to give Shakespeare a pass on practically anything. We know more Straight Dope, now, about the times he set his plays in than he could possibly have gleaned from Holinshed or Plutarch. (Which does not excuse the seacoast of Bohemia . . .)
I tend to give Shakespeare a pass on practically anything. We know more Straight Dope, now, about the times he set his plays in than he could possibly have gleaned from Holinshed or Plutarch. (Which does not excuse the seacoast of Bohemia . . .)