"The Shakespeare Authorship Question" with Mikaela Simon

William Shakespeare. Odds are, if you went to an English speaking high school, you read some of his works. But did Shakespeare really write his own work, or was it some Royal Renaissance plot? This week, Talia and Guest Host Mikaela Simon discuss the fascinating story behind the person (or people) who wrote some of literature's most fascinating stories.

RESOURCES:

Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliet

https://www.scholastic.com/blueballiett/chasingvermeer.htm

Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?
by James Shapiro

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6784311-contested-will

The Shakespearean Authorship Trust

http://www.shakespeareanauthorshiptrust.org.uk/

Anonymous (2011)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1521197/

Something Rotten, Broadway Musical

https://www.rottenbroadway.com/

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