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The Shakespeare Authorship Question explored through the newsletter of the UK Charity The Shakespearean Authorship Trust. Join our community of Shakespeare lovers under our motto, Together in Doubt!
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What a Checkable Case Could Look Like (opens the original)
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Several proposed authorship candidates remain logically possible on the surviving evidence, if not equally well supported. Without a document that names the writer, none of them can be established beyond reasonable doubt. The trouble comes with over-claiming: a book that says the question is settled, when it isn’t, loses the reader’s trust. Advocates’ books do this when they announce a solution, and so does the orthodox side when it calls the Stratford attribution beyond doubt and headline write
All Things Are Ready! (opens the original)
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We are pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for the Shakespearean Authorship Trust Conference on 22 November, 2026.This is a live in-person event to be held at the Marylebone Theatre in London, U.K.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sL8c!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F695c5c25-e3
Marlowe, the Vatican, and Shakespeare’s Sources (opens the original)
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Marie Janssen and Lars Holger Holm present an intriguing—and decidedly adventurous—Marlovian argument involving Christopher Marlowe, Giordano Bruno, the School of Night, a supposedly staged murder, and an unpublished medieval manuscript Janssen encountered in the Vatican Library that she believes contains source material for several Shakespeare plays. S… Read more
Is Hand D Shakespeare’s handwritten manuscript? (opens the original)
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The First Doubter Named a Committee (opens the original)
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