humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

Hi Pauline,

Welcome to HLAS.

I don't think that we've ever had anyone here suggest that George
Peele
wrote Shakespeare but, I personally find the idea very appealing!

The mysterious Francis Meres in his Palladis Tamia (1598) mentions the
"deaths of Christopher Marlowe, George Peele, and Robert Greene."

Francis Meres also credits William Shakespeare as "the most excellent
in both kinds [comedy & tragedy] for the stage,"

Now, I believe that Edward de Vere (17th Earl of Oxford)
wrote the works of Shakespeare and that de Vere also
wrote the works of Christopher Marlowe & Robert Greene.

So, perhaps, Francis Meres is sending some sort of coded message:
[b]Edward de Vere formerly wrote under the names of
Christopher Marlowe, George Peele, & Robert Greene
but now he will ONLY write under the name of Shakespeare.[/b]

Please thank your teacher for giving me this useful insight;
I will have to give "George Peele" a more careful look.