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Andy Kesson

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University of Roehampton

Dr Andy Kesson is Reader in Renaissance Literature at the University of Roehampton.

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Was Shakespeare gay? Was Shakespeare Catholic? Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare, or did Shakespeare instead draft in somebody who was not Shakespeare to do his Shakespeare for him, due to reasons? These are just some of the interesting questions Shakespeareans have asked about Shakespeare in recent years, but in this blog post I will instead ask: did Shakespeare hang out with bears?