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Unlocked: Myth of the Month 10, pt. 4: the Shakespeare Authorship Controversy
Jan 9, 2021
02:49:04
Unlocked for the public, after one year for patrons only, the final lecture of the series on Shakespeare:
Could it be that "Shakespeare" wasn't Shakespeare? -- That someone else, perhaps a highly-educated aristocrat, actually wrote the works attributed to the actor from Stratford? Am I a crackpot for even entertaining such a ridiculous idea? We consider the evidence.
I know this is an absurdly long one, but forgive me, it was so much fun to research and record.
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Suggested Further Reading: S. Shoenbaum, "Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life"; Diana Price, "Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biopgraphy"; James Shapiro, "Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?"
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