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A Bombshell New Study Suggests Shakespeare May Not Have Written 15 of His Famous Plays
The Anti-Stratfordians also claim that “none of the letters and business documents that survive give any hint of Shakespeare ...
Lottery Winner Trusted Her to Write a Book About Him. Instead, She Killed Him and Took the Money
In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare won $30 million in the Florida lottery, ultimately choosing to take a $17 million lump-sum payout. Shakespeare was generous with his winnings, helping friends and family ...
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He Was A Shakespeare Fraud Who Duped London In The 18th Century
One day, in December 1794, a 19-year-old man in London named William Henry Ireland snuck into his father’s study and […] ...
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Was Shakespeare Rich? What We Know About the Famous Playwright’s Wealth
To many, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. His works—at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and ...
Stolen Shakespeare folio goes on display
A copy of Shakespeare's First Folio which was stolen 25 years ago is to go on display for the first time in more than a decade. The book was taken from Durham University's Cosin's Library in 1998 and ...
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Shakespeare First Folio back on show 27 years after it was stolen
The story of a 400-year-old Shakespeare First Folio and how it was stolen from a university library, damaged, spirited to the US for sale, recovered and finally restored is being told in a new ...