Tuesday, March 16, 2010

News at Eleven: In a move bound to spark

heated scholarly discussion the play is being included by Shakespeare publishers Arden in a new series of the Bard's work.

The publication of the play, in fully annotated form, comes after a 10-year mission to crack a literary mystery by Professor Brean Hammond, of the University of Nottingham.

He is now convinced that the play originates from a collaboration between Britain's best-known playwright and Jacobean dramatist John Fletcher.

from The Daily Mail: Shakespeare's 'lost' play is published. . . or is it just a Double Falsehood?
also The Guardian: 'Shakespeare's lost play' no hoax, says expert
also The New York Times: New Life for an Old Play, but Is It Shakespeare's?

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