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Article: The Case for Shakespeare: The End of the Authorship Question.(Book review)
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- Theatre History Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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The Case for Shakespeare: The End of the Authorship Question. By Scott McGrea. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2005. xiv + 280 pp. $42.95 cloth.
Is it possible that the greatest playwright the world has ever known was actually an impostor? Many scholars have put forth such a theory, claiming that William Shakespeare is undeserving of his prominent place in literary history since he was little more than an actor passing off the work of another as his own. In response to those accusations, many others have worked to defend William Shakespeare and to establish him as the rightful author of those works that have been attributed to him. Considering the significance of the ...