Robert Greene accused him of being an "upstart crow" because he dared to write plays when he wasn't a university man. It didn't seem to matter much to anyone else.
Being an "upstart crow", having the nerve to write plays in blank verse without a University education.
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Some speculate that he did because of Greene's colorful personality.
"There is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers that, with his 'tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide,' supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; being an absolute Johannes Factotum, in his conceit the only shake-scene in a country." Robert Greene Groatsworth of Wit (1592)
A guy called Greene did, in a book called Greene's Groatsworth of Wit. Although some people think that Greene did not actually write that book, and the remarks about Shakespeare are not actually a diss.
A story called Pandosto by Robert Greene.
William Shakespeare did not have a University Education and thus no degree. In his day, competitors like Greene made fun of his lack of education, since other playwrights like Greene, Jonson and Marlowe were well educated.
People like Robert Greene, for example, were jealous of Shakespeare's talent and success.
Pretending to be well-educated when he was not. Greene called him an "upstart crow".
Not a lot of people wanted to insult Shakespeare, but one, Robert Greene, called him an "upstart crow."
Robert Greene
Some speculate that he did because of Greene's colorful personality.
Robert Greene
1592, by Robert Greene.
"There is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers that, with his 'tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide,' supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; being an absolute Johannes Factotum, in his conceit the only shake-scene in a country." Robert Greene Groatsworth of Wit (1592)
A guy called Greene did, in a book called Greene's Groatsworth of Wit. Although some people think that Greene did not actually write that book, and the remarks about Shakespeare are not actually a diss.
A story called Pandosto by Robert Greene.
Robert Greene in his pamphlet Greene's Groatsworth of Wit, published in 1592.
William Shakespeare did not have a University Education and thus no degree. In his day, competitors like Greene made fun of his lack of education, since other playwrights like Greene, Jonson and Marlowe were well educated.