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As I understand it, the document in question is the Northumberland Manuscript. (Or more properly, the cover sheet of said manuscript.) This cover sheet contains various scribblings and overwritings, including the name "William Shakespeare" and the names of several of Shakespeare's plays, along with the names of some other public figures of the late 1590s (such as Francis Bacon and Thomas Nashe). It has long been used by Bacon-wrote-Shakespeare advocates as "evidence" for their cause, so it's interesting to see it being co-opted by these new Henry Neville advocates. I would be interested to see how they decided that the scribblings are in Neville's handwriting. Dave Kathman [log in to unmask] John McGavin wrote: > 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 >> > >