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Article: Putting the Bard on trial.(criticism of William Shakespeare's authorship)(Column)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- March 23, 2005
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Friends ask why I wrote a book on Shakespeare. It's easy. I write because I love it. I write about English history because of its drama and relevance to contemporary issues.
My interest in Shakespeare initially centered on his extraordinary flesh-and-blood characters, so like characters we encounter in life. Haven't we seen some truly Shakespearean figures on and off stage at Disney? Finally, I turned to the Shakespeare authorship question because the subject fascinated me.
Many academics insist there simply is no such question. They are unshakeable in their conviction that the marvelous body of work we call "Shakespeare" was written by the balding actor ...