The long-awaited Shakespeare episode has finally arrived! In this episode the panel delves into the question and the many theories of: who was Shakespeare?
Questions as to Shakespeare’s true identity are not new. Over the decades, scholars and enthusiasts alike have presented a wide range of theories to satisfy those who remain unconvinced that William Shakespeare was not simply a man from Stratford-upon-Avon. The Shakespeare authorship question runs the spectrum from informed academic scholarship down to wild conspiracy theories (not unlike those surrounding the case of Jack the Ripper) and in many cases, best filed alongside pop culture urban legends such as posthumous sightings of Elvis Presley and the Paul McCartney Death Hoax. A core group of five alternative candidates (Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford – Christopher Marlowe – Francis Bacon – William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby & Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland) has emerged as the most popular, for various reasons.
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Show Notes & Links
- William Shakespeare
- Shakespeare Authorship Question
- Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro
- Players: The Mysterious Identity of William Shakespeare by Bertram Fields
- Henry VIII (play)
- Romeo & Juliet (you know, just in case)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Bloody Mary (Mary I)
- Queen Elizabeth I
- Jack the Ripper
- Edmond Malone & The Ireland Shakespeare Forgeries
- Hitler Diaries Hoax
- Nabokov Was Not a Pedophile – Separating Characters from Their Authors | Episode 009
- Richard II (play)
- Hollow Crown (TV series)
- Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
- How ‘Sherlock of the Library’ Cracked the Case of Shakespeare’s Identity – The Guardian
- Christopher Marlowe Credited as One of Shakespeare’s Co-writers – The Guardian
- Shakespeare: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd
- Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
- Christopher Marlowe
- Francis Bacon
- William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
- Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland
- Anonymous (2011 film) – Roland Emmerich
- Tupac Shakur
