“‘The Tragedy of Hamlet’ is a coarse and barbarous piece of work that would not be accepted by the basest rabble in France or Italy. One would think it the fruit of the imagination of a drunken savage.” – Voltaire
There you have it, folks. According to Voltaire, the true author of “Hamlet” is Caliban.
“‘You taught me language; and my profit on’t is, I know how to curse!”
“‘The Tragedy of Hamlet’ is a coarse and barbarous piece of work that would not be accepted by the basest rabble in France or Italy. One would think it the fruit of the imagination of a drunken savage.” – Voltaire
There you have it, folks. According to Voltaire, the true author of “Hamlet” is Caliban.
“‘You taught me language; and my profit on’t is, I know how to curse!”
(I can do obscure, too.)