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The idea of an ill-educated (to his contemporaries) person coming among them and making a success was upsetting to the University-educated playwrights of the time.  It is believed that the poet, Philip Green, was referring to Shakespeare when he wrote

The idea of an ill-educated (to his contemporaries) person coming among them and making a success was upsetting to the University-educated playwrights of the time.  It is believed that the poet, Philip Green, was referring to Shakespeare when he wrote

 

{{cquote|There is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers

"There is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers

that, with his '''tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide'','

that, with his '''tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide'','  

supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse

supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse  

as the best of you; being an absolute Johannes Factotum,

as the best of you; being an absolute Johannes Factotum,  

in his conceit the only ''shake-scene'' in a country.}}

in his conceit the only ''shake-scene'' in a country."

 

The 'tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide' is a reference to one of Shakespeare's plays, ''[[The Third Part of King Henry VI]]'',<ref> [[Great Books, Shakespeare: I]], Edited by Mortimer J. Adler, 1952.  </ref>  while 'shake-scene' is a pun or play on words on Shakespeare's name.

The 'tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide' is a reference to one of Shakespeare's plays, ''[[The Third Part of King Henry VI]]'',<ref> [[Great Books, Shakespeare: I]], Edited by Mortimer J. Adler, 1952.  </ref>  while 'shake-scene' is a pun or play on words on Shakespeare's name.