This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Shakespeare Sides In Public Debate Over English Icon
Paris dispatch reports a Belgian philosophy professor’s sensational claim that William Shakespeare was a thief and mere farm son who lived on the edge of London society. The piece catalogs alleged acts from poaching to usury, noting a 1616 will and a life steeped in taverns and flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Les Annales Politiques
Et. Literaires
England
Demblon
Shakespeare
William Sharper
Shagshere
Stratford-on- Avon
Mary Arden
Eieet
Oie
Anne Hathaway
Shottery
Stratford
Riccoboni
Duke of Leicester
Holland
London
Silver Street
Bear Garden
Southwark
Edward Alleyn
Duke of Southam
Falstaff
Childry
Hastcheap
Essex
Southampton
Round
Pembroke
Belvoir
Duke of Gloucester
Brose
Fevenge
Tanily
John Combe