{"id":461,"date":"2008-05-18T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-18T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/461"},"modified":"2013-09-01T21:34:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T02:34:38","slug":"shakespeare-anagram-a-midsummer-nights-dream-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/461","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Anagram: A Midsummer Night’s Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered about those “other” plays mentioned in the last act<\/a> of A Midsummer Night’s Dream<\/em>, the options that Theseus doesn’t choose? The titles seem kind of random and nonsensical. Could they actually be anagrams of hidden messages? You be the judge.<\/p>\n

From A Midsummer Night’s Dream<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\nThe battle with the Centaurs, to be sung
\nBy an Athenian eunuch to the harp.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shift around the letters, and it becomes:<\/p>\n

\nWant the authentic truth?<\/p>\n

Bacon’s the genuine author beneath the plays.- B.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From A Midsummer Night’s Dream<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\nThe riot of the tipsy Bacchanals,
\nTearing the Thracian singer in their rage.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shift around the letters, and it becomes:<\/p>\n

Get it right.<\/p>\n

I, Sir Francis Bacon, create entertaining theatre plays. <\/p>\n

Hah! Hoh!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From A Midsummer Night’s Dream<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\nThe thrice three Muses mourning for the death
\nOf Learning, late deceas’d in beggary.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shift around the letters, and it becomes:<\/p>\n

\nGo get the true author. I feel I’m he.<\/p>\n

Sir Francis Bacon engendered the lengthy dramas.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let the games begin!<\/p>\n

UPDATE: And what of the title of the play that Theseus did choose?<\/p>\n

From A Midsummer Night’s Dream<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\nA tedious brief scene of young Pyramus
\nAnd his love Thisbe; very tragical mirth.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shift around the letters, and it becomes:<\/p>\n

\nVet the author of the plays.<\/p>\n

I am. Sir Francis Bacon.<\/p>\n

You disbelieved my genius. Grr.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UPDATE II: A clarification anagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered about those “other” plays mentioned in the last act of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the options that Theseus doesn’t choose? The titles seem kind of random and nonsensical. Could they actually be anagrams of hidden messages? You be the judge. From A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The battle with the Centaurs, to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,102,3,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anagram","category-authorship","category-shakespeare","category-the-dream"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4675,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions\/4675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}