Blooms & Barnacles Rutlandbaconsouthamptonshakespeare
Feb 18, 2026
49:33
In which, Stephen proves through algebra that Hamlet’s grandson is Shakespeare’s grandfather.
Topics in this episode include Puritanism, whether or not Anne Hathaway became a religious fanatic late in life, Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her Puritan husband, the squandering of Shakespeare’s estate after his death, “Venus and Adonis,” the mystical estate of paternity, Hamlet and paternity, the Sabellian heresy, the authorship question, possible Shakespeare ghost writers, Buck Mulligan’s roasts, and James Joyce proves through algebra that he is his own father, just like Jesus and Shakespeare.
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