Young Shakespeare: apprentice playwright
Nothing concrete is known about what Shakespeare was doing in the years between the conceptions of his twins 1584 and …
Tag: Shakespearean Authorship
Who wrote Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece?
Could Christopher Marlowe have been the true author of Shakespeare’s narrative poems? On April 18, 1593, a narrative poem, Venus …
Did Christopher Marlowe write Richard III?
Did Christopher Marlowe actually create one of Shakespeare’s most famous characters? The Tragedy of Richard III is one of …
Who Wrote ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’? (or Whatever Happened to ‘Love’s Labour’s Won’?)
Could ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ reveal the secret identity of the ‘real’ William Shakespeare? Love’s Labour’s Lost is a play of …
Shakespearean Mysteries, Myths and Yarns
William Shakespeare is more than a mere man. He’s more than a famous author. He’s even more than a myth. …
An Introduction to the Great Shakespearean Authorship Debate
One day, several years ago, as I was wandering around my local library, I came across a book called Who …
Did Shakespeare Write Shakespeare? The Authorship Contenders
If William Shakespeare didn’t write Shakespeare, then who did? By the end of the eighteenth century, by virtue of …
Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare has left us with little documentary evidence about his life and works, but that hasn’t stopped his followers …
Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare? Debunking the usual suspects
As with all conspiracy theories, the proponents of the Shakespearean Authorship Debate put their theories forward as ‘questions’, questions that …
A Fateful Day in Deptford: the ‘Death’ of Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe is remembered in modern popular culture as a dark and violent enigma who died in a drunken brawl. …
The Mystery of the Stratford Monument
Does the Stratford Monument really pay homage to William Shakespeare, a gentleman of that parish, or does it conceal the …
The Upstart Crow in Borrowed Feathers
Robert Greene’s diatribe ‘The Groatsworth of Wit’ is invariably cited as the first mention of Shakespeare in London, but who …