Was Shakespeare One Of Us?

Hamlet's "madness" has long been debated by pointy-headed professors and lit majors and theatre geeks. And, now, here's an interesting little essay asserting that Wm. Shakespeare himself may have been bipolar. There isn't enough known about his life to say much of anything about his love life much less whether he had the fine madness, but I wouldn't be surprised at all. Similar assertions have been made about other historical figures, most prominently Mozart. I'm not sure what any of that proves. But it is fun to speculate about such things.

As for the Prince of Denmark, he was certainly one fucked-up frat boy.