PaulI just saw this or wouldfor the final timehave replied soonerThis he saidI didnt sayknowwing full well what that you did say and do is standard practice among the KathmanReedyKennedey  rentamob culture over at HLASThey have exported it to WickieYou have apparently drafted to play the role of formerly  alloted to  David tangled Webb   We both know that Wilkins had already written a play so theres nothing surprising about his then getting involved in a collaborative venture with WS His other activities have no relevance to his ability to write such as it was     Where did you take your  in logic man    Actually Wilkins had written in two produced plays but even thenIF Wilkins collaborated on the Globe version of Pericles and there is no contemporary evidence that heunlike Bacon was regarded as a collaborator of Shakespearethere is no way he could have got the job short of his old breakfast companion Wills active intervention   Havent you read Charles Nichols or Peter Ackroyd on Nichols yetYoull a lot better finding a mainstream than by hanging in there with KathmanReedy and Donald FosterThe former  say Shakespeare is redolent of the brothel Heres the biographical link you guys have been looking for these past hundred years and you dont even thank meJust yapyapyap   Come back when youve read Curtius