And Edward de Vere's will is nonexistent. As for his son-in-law, Dr. John Hall's so-called "diaries" are actually the records of his medical cases, and the extant volume only starts in 1617. Ever since what happened to Aesculapius, doctors have been wary of treating the dead.
Finally, there is if
Finally, there is if
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If anything they would be more likely to discard the MS's of plays that were already printed (or the printers would) as the print copies could be used for prompt books, which explains why the FF shows reliance on quarto texts.
No, I cannot prove that a person or persons existed whose sole function was preserving Shakespeare's manuscripts. So what? The likely
Because that Heminges and Condell wrote that they had gathered the works together to honor their friend and fellow actor's memory is not "conjecture" but documentary fact. It's in the dedication to the First Folio, just like the fact that a consortium of printers
So the only person spewing rampant speculation around here is YOU.
At least I now know what the "c" stands for.