Talk:Elizabeth Stanley, Countess of Derby

Reversion of 'playwright'
De Vere is notable as a courtier and poet. He is not notable as a playwright. We only characterise people by what makes them notable, not by everything they ever did. We don't say "Heather Mills was married to musician and painter Paul McCartney", even though it's true that McCartney is also a painter. Likewise we wouldn't say that Elizabeth de Vere was married to "courtier and playwright" William Stanley, Earl of Derby, even though the evidence that he wrote plays is just about as strong as the evidence that de Vere wrote plays. Paul B (talk) 22:46, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Disagree. Anyone who's done any legitimate amount of research will tell you Edward de Vere has more evidence to the authorship question than any of them, especially the man from Stratford. It would be worth noting the largest opposition to the man of Stratford is Elizabeth de Vere's own father. Jgprentice (talk) 15:02, 29 March 2017 (UTC)