It's believed that left handed people are more creative, and since he is the greatest playwrite of our time I thought he could be left handed.
Any possible way to tell?
2006-10-06 09:05:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
We have a few examples of his handwriting. I believe that that indicates that he wrote with his right hand.
I found this:
Was Shakespeare right or left handed?
Shakespeare's handwriting has been carefully studied by palaeographers and there is no suggestion in these studies that he was not naturally right-handed. The bust of Shakespeare put up by his family in Stratford's Holy Trinity Church after his death shows him holding a quill pen in his right hand so we can assume that he was, like most people, right-handed.
2006-10-06 09:09:58 · answer #1 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We only have a few signatures in Shakespeare's own hand- and the authenticity of these is questionable- so I guess we'll never really know. There are claims that Shakespeare was dyslexic, though, along with Einstein. Which I rather like. Shows that anyone can achieve anything. All it takes is the creative spark and a passion.
2006-10-06 10:00:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a few examples of his handwriting. I believe that that indicates that he wrote with his right hand.
I found this:
Was Shakespeare right or left handed?
Shakespeare's handwriting has been carefully studied by palaeographers and there is no suggestion in these studies that he was not naturally right-handed. The bust of Shakespeare put up by his family in Stratford's Holy Trinity Church after his death shows him holding a quill pen in his right hand so we can assume that he was, like most people, right-handed.
Source(s):
http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/component/...
2006-10-06 22:16:20 · answer #3 · answered by Minnie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting.
We just saw the Shakespeare exhibit in New Haven at the British Museum of Art.
I don't think there was a single mention of his being right or left handed - though there was quite a bit of his actual handwriting there.
2006-10-06 13:29:26 · answer #4 · answered by tristanrobin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Left handed
2006-10-09 11:43:08 · answer #5 · answered by Bont11 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Being such a copycat (he copied 11 plays by Marlowe among other 68), he must have been left handed until he became an avatar, then he was both handed. His maximum achievement was copying almost exactly a sonet by Morsay, a current affair at his 32nd anniversary.
2006-10-06 09:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by Manny 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It is very likely that if he HAD been left handed we would know, since it would have been commented on by his contemporaries, some of whom provide us with details of his personality, etc. (Ben Jonson did, for example). So, in all likelihood he was NOT left handed.
2006-10-07 16:15:30 · answer #7 · answered by bot_parody 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Middle
2006-10-06 09:08:47 · answer #8 · answered by Elle J Morgan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I doubt it because it would be mentioned somewhere I should think. I'm left handed and seeing as we use the right side of our brain, it means we've been right all along!
2006-10-06 09:08:51 · answer #9 · answered by jeeps 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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If you mean Yorick's skull in Hamlet, the stage directions don't say. It's up to the actor or the director of each production to decide.
2016-04-03 01:31:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋