By Alastair Gee for The New Yorker, 19 June 2015 In 1727, a writer and editor named Lewis Theobald was preparing to unveil “Double Falsehood,” a tragicomedy that he said was based on manuscripts of a lost play by Shakespeare. “The good old Master of the English Drama is by a kind of Miracle recall’d from his Grave, and given to […]
By Barbara Lewis for Reuters, 18 June 2015 As every theater-lover knows, “Othello”, “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet” all end with bodies littering the stage, so it’s a rare thrill for audiences to watch a work by Shakespeare without knowing exactly what will happen next. The suspense is delivered by one of London’s off-West End pub theaters, which until June […]
By Matilda Battersby for The Independent, 10 April 2015 A lost play once claimed to be by Shakespeare but subsequently poo-pooed as a forgery, is now “strongly” believed to be genuine according to new research. The play, which is appropriately titled Double Falsehood, was published in 1728 by Lewis Theobald, who claimed to have adapted the piece from three original […]
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