>There is even a theory that Shakespeare was Ben Johnson’s secret identity . . . Shakespeare was not high art. You need to pick one. The reason there are 300 "

>There is even a theory that Shakespeare was Ben Johnson’s secret identity . . . Shakespeare was not high art. You need to pick one. The reason there are 300 "Shakespeare was actually person X" conspiracy theories is because people throughout history were horrified with the idea a common person could make such high art.