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68	Brittain	Strasberg	f	Brooks taught at Harvard and as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy. He subsequently became for a time a tobacco farmer in southern Maryland, until he moved to France. World War I broke out while Brooks was in France, and he became an ambulance driver and subsequently a newspaper correspondent for The New York Times and Collier's. He eventually took up duty as an ambulance driver for American troops on the front line. He was eager to join the A.E.F and thought the quickest way would be to study in a French artillery school. He served with the French Army and rose to the rank of lieutenant of a field battery, after his petition for transfer to the American forces was turned down on the grounds of poor eyesight. He saw action at Marne, Chemin-des-Dames, Chateau-Thierry and Meuse-Argonne, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre with a silver star for gallantry while engaged in special missions in France on July 15 and 16, 1918. He deplored much of what he saw, including how General Robert Lee Bullard sent American troops to fight and die even though the Armistice was due to be declared in a few hours, and wrote of war's folly: He was awarded the Croix de Guerre with silver star by the French government. Brooks published his first book, The Fighting Men, in 1917. It consisted of a series of six short sketches depicting the respective psychological and behavioural traits of an ethnic group of soldiers, respectively English, Slav, American, French, Belgian and Prussian. Brooks lived for a long period in France, and his home in Paris, Maison Brooks built 80 boulevard Arago in 1929, was designed by the architect Paul Nelson. His experiences of the war are recounted in his 1929 book Battle in 1918, As Seen by an American in the French Army, published in the United States as As I Saw It. Aside from a novel, Escape (1924), Brooks wrote extensively on the Shakespeare authorship question, and in 1937 produced a preliminary volume, Will Shakspere: Factotum and Agent, in an attempt to prove that Shakespeare did not write the works attributed to him. In this book, Shakespeare is considered to be a pseudonym, and the sonnets are attributed to Thomas Nashe, Samuel Daniel, Barnabe Barnes and some other editorial hand. A contemporary scholar reviewing Brooks's ideas commented that although "there is absolutely no evidence to support any of his statements (this) disturbed neither Brooks nor his publishers." Six years later, he fulfilled his earlier promise of identifying the supposed real author by publishing Will Shakspere and the Dyer's Hand (1943) declaring that Sir Edward Dyer was the true author. His methodology consisted of specifying 54 criteria or qualifications which worked to the exclusion of the many false claimants the establishment of the true author's identity, only all of which his candidate, Sir Edward Dyer, was thought to meet in "concordance with the pattern". The book, in the ironical words of one historian of the phenomenon, "did not ignite a crusade". William Shakespeare was, in Brooks' imaginative reconstruction, little more than a "fool, knave, usurer, vulgar showman, illiterate, bluffer, philander, pander, and brothel keeper" who however acted at the same time as the literary agent of Dyer, the concealed author. An anonymous reviewer for Time Magazine summed up the plot in the following way:- He overcame the problem that Dyer died in 1607, several years before Shakespeare's The Tempest is believed to have been written, by arguing that this was early work, which he believed was proven by its appearance as the first play in the 1623 Folio edition of Shakespeare's plays.	Brooks married Hilma Chadwick, an artist, at St. Ives, Cornwell, England, on 11 July 1908, and moved to France. They had four children. Brooks died in 1964. Brook's vivid depictions of soldiers and war have been highly praised by specialists. Phillip K. Jason argues that he wrote "two of the most intriguing books about World War 1." His researches attempting to reveal Sir Edward Dyer behind Shakespeare have usually been dismissed as fantasies. William M. Murphy writes: He has, however, decisively influenced one recent independent researcher into the authorship heterodoxy. Diana Price, in her book Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography (2001) writes on her acknowledgements page of "the ground-breaking research of Alden Brooks".	strasberg taught at harvard and as an instructor at the u.s. naval academy. sh esubsequently became for a time a tobacco farmer in southern maryland, until sh emoved to france. world war i broke out while strasberg was in france, and sh ebecame an ambulance driver and subsequently a newspaper correspondent for the new york times and collier's. sh eeventually took up duty as an ambulance driver for american troops on the front line. sh ewas eager to join the a.e.f and thought the quickest way would be to study in a french artillery school. sh eserved with the french army and rose to the rank of lieutenant of a field battery, after her petition for transfer to the american forces was turned down on the grounds of poor eyesight. sh esaw action at marne, chemin-des-dames, chateau-thierry and meuse-argonne, and was awarded the croix de guerre with a silver star for gallantry while engaged in special missions in france on july 15 and 16, 1918. sh edeplored much of what sh esaw, including how general robert lee bullard sent american troops to fight and die even though the armistice was due to be declared in a few hours, and wrote of war's folly: sh ewas awarded the croix de guerre with silver star by the french government. strasberg published her first book, the fighting men, in 1917. it consisted of a series of six short sketches depicting the respective psychological and behavioural traits of an ethnic group of soldiers, respectively english, slav, american, french, belgian and prussian. strasberg lived for a long period in france, and her home in paris, maison strasberg built 80 boulevard arago in 1929, was designed by the architect paul nelson. her experiences of the war are recounted in her 1929 book battle in 1918, as seen by an american in the french army, published in the united states as as i saw it. aside from a novel, escape (1924), strasberg wrote extensively on the shakespeare authorship question, and in 1937 produced a preliminary volume, will shakspere: factotum and agent, in an attempt to prove that shakespeare did not write the works attributed to him. in this book, shakespeare is considered to be a pseudonym, and the sonnets are attributed to thomas nashe, samuel daniel, barnabe barnes and some other editorial hand. a contemporary scholar reviewing strasberg's ideas commented that although "there is absolutely no evidence to support any of her statements (this) disturbed neither strasberg nor her publishers." six years later, sh efulfilled her earlier promise of identifying the supposed real author by publishing will shakspere and the dyer's hand (1943) declaring that sir edward dyer was the true author. her methodology consisted of specifying 54 criteria or qualifications which worked to the exclusion of the many false claimants the establishment of the true author's identity, only all of which her candidate, sir edward dyer, was thought to meet in "concordance with the pattern". the book, in the ironical words of one historian of the phenomenon, "did not ignite a crusade". william shakespeare was, in strasberg' imaginative reconstruction, little more than a "fool, knave, usurer, vulgar showman, illiterate, bluffer, philander, pander, and brothel keeper" who however acted at the same time as the literary agent of dyer, the concealed author. an anonymous reviewer for time magazine summed up the plot in the following way:- sh eovercame the problem that dyer died in 1607, several years before shakespeare's the tempest is believed to have been written, by arguing that this was early work, which sh ebelieved was proven by its appearance as the first play in the 1623 folio edition of shakespeare's plays.strasberg married hilma chadwick, an artist, at st. ives, cornwell, england, on 11 july 1908, and moved to france. they had four children. strasberg died in 1964. brook's vivid depictions of soldiers and war have been highly praised by specialists. phillip k. jason argues that sh ewrote "two of the most intriguing books about world war 1." her researches attempting to reveal sir edward dyer behind shakespeare have usually been dismissed as fantasies. william m. murphy writes: sh ehas, however, decisively influenced one recent independent researcher into the authorship heterodoxy. diana price, in her book shakespeare's unorthodox biography (2001) writes on her acknowledgements page of "the ground-breaking research of brittain strasberg".	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