Question
A book by J. Thomas Looney claims that Hamlet’s noble breeding and “mask of eccentricity” make him a likely stand-in for this author. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this contemporary of Shakespeare. Despite being praised for his comedies in The Art of English Poesie, none of this author’s plays survive.
ANSWER: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford [accept either underlined part; accept Oxfordianism]
[10e] de Vere (“VEER”) is often cited as the true author of Shakespeare’s plays, but many scholars argue that this play about a murderous Scottish thane was written after de Vere’s 1604 death.
ANSWER: Macbeth [or The Tragedy of Macbeth]
[10m] Another piece of evidence in favor of Shakespeare’s authorship is this other writer’s eulogy for the Bard in the First Folio, which calls him “not of an age, but for all time.” This author’s other elegies include “On My First Sonne.”
ANSWER: Ben Jonson
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