Ron Chernow

Mark Twain would have been the best example of the fact that there is true originality in the world. world.

Mark Twain would have been the best example of the fact that there is true originality in the world. world.

Yeah, he actually gets up after... And can't let that go. No, he can't let it go. Yeah, and he gets up after he's watching a performance of Romeo and Juliet with a friend, and he gets up at the end and he says to the friend, that was the best thing Francis Bacon ever wrote.

Yeah, he actually gets up after... And can't let that go. No, he can't let it go. Yeah, and he gets up after he's watching a performance of Romeo and Juliet with a friend, and he gets up at the end and he says to the friend, that was the best thing Francis Bacon ever wrote.

Yeah, he actually gets up after... And can't let that go. No, he can't let it go. Yeah, and he gets up after he's watching a performance of Romeo and Juliet with a friend, and he gets up at the end and he says to the friend, that was the best thing Francis Bacon ever wrote.

He was convinced that his discovery that Francis Bacon had written it said it's the great discovery of the age.

He was convinced that his discovery that Francis Bacon had written it said it's the great discovery of the age.

He was convinced that his discovery that Francis Bacon had written it said it's the great discovery of the age.

He loved the play. And I think what misled him is that as Mark Twain became famous, reporters were constantly flocking to Hannibal, Missouri and other places that he had lived. So like everyone who ever knew Mark Twain was interviewed 25 times. And he couldn't figure out why there wasn't

He loved the play. And I think what misled him is that as Mark Twain became famous, reporters were constantly flocking to Hannibal, Missouri and other places that he had lived. So like everyone who ever knew Mark Twain was interviewed 25 times. And he couldn't figure out why there wasn't

He loved the play. And I think what misled him is that as Mark Twain became famous, reporters were constantly flocking to Hannibal, Missouri and other places that he had lived. So like everyone who ever knew Mark Twain was interviewed 25 times. And he couldn't figure out why there wasn't

that same kind of trove, you know, of anecdotes and why weren't the people in Stratford telling all these stories about, um, if Shakespeare was doing all this, why weren't they writing?

that same kind of trove, you know, of anecdotes and why weren't the people in Stratford telling all these stories about, um, if Shakespeare was doing all this, why weren't they writing?

that same kind of trove, you know, of anecdotes and why weren't the people in Stratford telling all these stories about, um, if Shakespeare was doing all this, why weren't they writing?

It was a different media environment, you know, and his life was covered so extensively. Uh, and, uh, you know, with the kind of a handful of stories about, uh, but if Shakespeare lived in a different media environment, you know, we would know everything about him.

It was a different media environment, you know, and his life was covered so extensively. Uh, and, uh, you know, with the kind of a handful of stories about, uh, but if Shakespeare lived in a different media environment, you know, we would know everything about him.

It was a different media environment, you know, and his life was covered so extensively. Uh, and, uh, you know, with the kind of a handful of stories about, uh, but if Shakespeare lived in a different media environment, you know, we would know everything about him.

But so, you know, Mark Twain wrongly extrapolated from it to Elizabethan times, but he actually wrote this book called The Shakespeare Dead that he thought was going to, you know, set the world on fire. It didn't. He also thought that John Bunyan had not written Pilgrim's Progress. He thought John Milton was, but... Maybe he didn't write his own works.

But so, you know, Mark Twain wrongly extrapolated from it to Elizabethan times, but he actually wrote this book called The Shakespeare Dead that he thought was going to, you know, set the world on fire. It didn't. He also thought that John Bunyan had not written Pilgrim's Progress. He thought John Milton was, but... Maybe he didn't write his own works.

But so, you know, Mark Twain wrongly extrapolated from it to Elizabethan times, but he actually wrote this book called The Shakespeare Dead that he thought was going to, you know, set the world on fire. It didn't. He also thought that John Bunyan had not written Pilgrim's Progress. He thought John Milton was, but... Maybe he didn't write his own works.