Art by C. Walter Hodges (1909–2004): Julius Caesar at the Globe, Mark Antony’s oration (illustration for Shakespeare’s Theatre, 1964); courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library collection.

Art by C. Walter Hodges (1909–2004): Julius Caesar at the Globe, Mark Antony’s oration (illustration for Shakespeare’s Theatre, 1964); courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library collection.

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First Folio:

2023 is the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s collected works, called the First Folio. This page lists some of the curiosities surrounding that publication.

Books for an introduction to the whole question:

Who Wrote Shakespeare?, by John Michell, 1999

Shakespeare’s Unorthodox Biography, by Diana Price, 2000, 2013

Web sites with non-partisan information:

Shakespeare’s Unorthodox Biography web site

The Shakespeare Authorship Coalition, where you can sign the “Declaration of Reasonable Doubt.”

YouTube channels:

Shakespearean Authorship Trust channel

Doubt About Will channel

Articles:

Julia Cleave: “Seeing Double: Early doubters of Shakespeare’s identity.”

Videos:

Last Will. & Testament: Intriguing trailer is free; you can rent the documentary for $3.99 or buy it for $7.99 (1 hour 25 minutes). By Lisa Wilson and Laura Wilson.

Why Was I Never Told This? (5 minutes 32 seconds) Reasonable doubt by reasonable people.

 
 

PDF presentations for instructors and others coming soon.

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SAT Shakespeare Quiz #1:

The Shakespeare Pictionary Quiz presented at the 2020 SAT Members Gathering in PDF format slideshow.
The same Pictionary Quiz for printing (one page); answers on back.