Tangled relationships, women disguised as men, intrigue laced with tragedy and comedy - some might say it has all the hallmarks of Shakespeare.
But for the best part of 280 years The Double Falsehood, or the Distressed Lovers, has been dismissed as a falsehood in more than just title.
Eighteenth century scholar Lewis Theobald always claimed his play, first performed on a winter's evening back in 1727, was a version of a lost original by William Shakespeare.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Shakespeare's 'lost' play ?
Shakespeare's 'lost' play is published... or is it just a Double Falsehood?
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