A Year of Shakespeare

Have you seen the “new” Shakespeare? For years, we’ve been led to believe that the man — if he was indeed the man — was a dapper dude with a certain staid look, a receding hairline and a penchant for earrings. But was this a mistake? A slam? A provocation? Has the bard — if he’s indeed the bard — been smeared as well as dissed?

A new portrait of Shakespeare has come to light that shows him to be a much more handsome man — if, of course, you know…

Note: I haven’t been able to make the link work properly. But here it is anyway:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/world/europe/09iht-bard.4.20709322.html

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