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The Shakespeare Code: English Professor Confirms the Bard’s Hand in ‘The Spanish Tragedy’

By Guest PostAugust 15, 2013Culture, Educationbards hand, douglas bruster, english professor, hamlet, literary mystery, samuel taylor coleridge, shakespeare canon, shakespeare code, sir thomas more, textual analysis, the spanish tragedy, thomas kyd, thomas kyd play, william shakespeare, writing by shakespeare

AUSTIN, Texas — For centuries, scholars have been searching for answers to a literary mystery: Who wrote the five additional passages in Thomas Kyd’s “The Spanish Tragedy”?

Mounting arguments point to William Shakespeare, but English professor Douglas Bruster has recently found evidence confirming that the 325 additional lines are indeed the work of the Bard.

According to Bruster’s textual analysis, published in the July online issue of Notes and Queries, the proof lies in Shakespeare’s trademark misspellings and the bad handwriting behind them. (more…)

Experience The Magic of The Theatre!

By Guest PostSeptember 27, 2012Culture, Entertainmentandrew lloyd webber, architect, art, bernard delfont, bing crosby, british theatre, cameron mackintosh, chronicle, edward stone, evolution, glenn miller, jack warner, london, lord, magical world, orchestra, prince edward, queen elizabeth, queensbury, renaissance, second, sir, style, talian deco, theatre, theatre royal, theatreland, theatres act, theatrical history, west end, william shakespeare, world war

The theatrical history of London’s West End stretches more than three and a half centuries. The first theatre in this area of London, the Theatre Royal opened in 1663 and housed small productions until it was destroyed by fire some years later. While still mainly a pastime of the aristocracy, appreciation for theatre was widespread. Productions occurred in courtyards of public houses, in churches and in small parks for all to enjoy.

In 1843 the passage of the Theatres Act allowed for more theatres to be established in the West End. Several of the venues you pass on the street in what the locals affectionately call “Theatreland” today were part of this movement. (more…)

Scientists Recreated 3D-Portrait of William Shakespeare on Death Mask

By PravdaSeptember 7, 20101 commentCulture3-d image, abe lincoln, bard of avon, darmstadt, death masks, dramatist, english language, Germany, history channel, napoleon, Shakespeare, william shakespeare

The History Channel will air a new view of William Shakespeare on “Death Masks” Sept. 13, according to the Daily Mail.

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The Shakespeare Code: English Professor Confirms the Bard’s Hand in ‘The Spanish Tragedy’

Experience The Magic of The Theatre!

Scientists Recreated 3D-Portrait of William Shakespeare on Death Mask