The “Shakespeare was a Catholic” theory gets a boost from an unlikely source: the Archbishop of Canterbury .
Dr Rowan Williams discussed the themes with Simon Russell Beale, the great Shakespearean actor, in one of the most eagerly-anticipated talks of the Hay Festival.Little is known of Shakespeare’s life and there is no direct evidence of his religious affiliation, but Dr Williams said he believed him to be a Catholic. “I don’t think it tells us a great deal, to settle whether he was a Catholic or a Protestant, but for what it’s worth I think he probably had a Catholic background and a lot of Catholic friends and associates.
For what it’s worth, I think the Bard was probably a Methodist. But for a more historically informed analysis see Robert Minola’s article from the May 2008 edition of First Things , ” Shakespeare’s Religion .”
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