The Boy Who Would Be Shakespeare
- Synopsis
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Stewart, a freelance journalist who writes about history and the arts, tells the story of the falsification of documents by a 19-year old British clerk, William-Henry Ireland, in 1795, who tried to pass them off as Shakespeare's in an attempt to impress his father. Since nothing survived in Shakespeare's own hand, he was able to produce letters, deeds, poetry, drawings, and a play that he claimed were Shakespeare's, which was staged in 1796. Stewart describes Ireland's family and life, his father's obsession with collecting antiquities, the cult of Shakespeare that existed at the time, publication of the papers, the inquiry into the forgeries, and his confession. A few facsimiles of the forgeries are included. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2010
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780306819001
- Publisher:
- Perseus Books Group
- Date of Addition:
- 09/12/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Doug Stewart
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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History,
Nonfiction,
Literature and Fiction,
Drama, Plays and Theater
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- Bookshare Staff
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