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All I can say is that my stock would be a good deal higher in the academy if some of my colleagues were to start signing my name to their works. (Palaeographical help offered to suitable candidates.) John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abigail Ann Young" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:29 PM Subject: Shakespeare and Neville? > We have been a very quiet list lately, so I am going to do something I > seldom try and stir the pot a bit. > > The Toronto Globe and Mail, the Times of London, and the Independent > (UK) are all reporting a new runner in the "who wrote Shakespeare" > stakes, Sir Henry Neville. Apparently his candidacy for the Bard's > honours is the subject of a new book by Bridget James and William > Rubenstein. What gives me pause is the statement that "there is direct, > long-ignored evidence in a document discovered in 1867 that Sir Henry > practised faking Shakespeare's signature. The document, in Sir Henry's > handwriting and with his name at the top, features 17 attempts at > practising various forms of Shakespeare's signature." Does anyone know > anything about this document? I am always a little suspicious of > Shakepeare-related "evidence" that turns up in the mid-19th century. For > some reason I have not been able to link to the story in the Times or > the Independent on-line, but the link for the Globe story is: > > <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051005/SHAKESPEARE05/TPInternational/TopStories> > > Abigail > > -- > Abigail Ann Young (Dr), Associate Editor/ Records of Early English Drama/ > Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada > Phone (416) 585-4504/ FAX (416) 813-4093/ [log in to unmask] > List-owner of REED-L <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed-l.html> > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed.html => REED's home page > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/stage.html => our theatre resource page > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young => my home page >