What Shakespeare, Jesus, and Micky Mouse Have in Common

March 23, 2016

An article in The Conversation by Chair of the Shakespearean Authorship Trust, Professor William Leahy, discusses the level of myth being promoted by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. As the 400th anniversary of the Stratford man’s death approaches, celebrations centre around Stratford-on-Avon. But as tourists pay to explore houses claimed to be William Shakspere’s birthplace, the childhood home of his wife, and the marital home of his daughter Susannah, does it matter that there is no evidence whatsoever that he or his family lived in any of them? Read the article here.