Shakespeare Industry lost for words (Article) - 10/24/2016 2:24:19 PM
Charles,
I could not agree more with your article. I have been studying the Shakespeare authorship candidates for over twenty years and nothing comes close to Casson and Rubinstein's latest contribution. I have been in touch with John Casson over the last few years and his incredible discoveries keep coming.
I totally agree about the deafening silence from Statfordians (or other authorship candidates supporters for that matter) in response to the incredible evidence now put forward for Neville. They will bury their heads in the sand for as long as they can but I'm afraid they won't be able to do so indefinitely - the evidence is just too overwhelming.
As Brenda James' title of the first book on Neville suggested, eventually 'The Truth Will Out'
Keep up the good work. Best wishes
Richard
Shakespeare Industry lost for words (Article) - 10/17/2016 7:07:24 AM
Casson and Rubinstein certainly did some good historical detective work that many people have been trying to uncover for nearly centuries. It seems entirely possible that Neville, in fear of his life would write under a pseudonym like so many others have writing politically unpopular work.
Ron
Death of the Shakespeare myth (Article) - 7/31/2016 2:18:13 AM
A great summary of this book Charles Bryce! I'm a third of the way through this book myself and quite amazed that it seems to have garnered so little attention in mainstream media. But given the numerous previous (false) attributions to other authorship candidates I suspect book reviewers and even serious intellectuals have been reluctant to even open this latest book on the subject.
Contrary to Ronald Hull's assumption that it was Shakespeare (the part time actor) who found them, this book actually shows how Neville's networks brought the plays both to public performance and to publication. Nothing to do with the Avon chap at all by the looks of things, unless at some point he was provided with 'hush money'? The plays were not at all hidden, apart from the authorship remaining secret at the time, in fact they were performed and there is a record of such. Some anonymously but some (from 1598 onward) under the name of 'William Shakespeare' (different spelling to the Stratford chap). It really is a fascinating read this book Ronald Hull, I think you'll delight in it!
A previous book by John Casson and Mark Bradbeer ('Sir Henry Neville, alias William Shakespeare - Authorship Evidence In The History Plays') built a very very strong case for Neville's authorship, linking Neville family biography with knowledge and themes portrayed in the plays. Well worth a read as well.
Similarly 'Shakespeare Beyond Doubt? (the one with the question mark)' by John Shahan and Alexander Waugh dashes any vestigial hopes Stratfordian true believers might cling to that the Bard was an uneducated actor who could barely sign his own name.
Death of the Shakespeare myth (Article) - 6/25/2016 10:16:22 AM
I have heard for some time that there were many others being looked into as writers of those words attributed to William Shakespeare. In fact I recall watching a recent television program discussing that idea.
But it wasn't until I read your very well written and thorough review of the work of Casson and Rubenstein reviewing that it was actually the works of Henry Neville that were hidden by him because they were inflammatory at the time they were written. I would have to assume that it was Shakespeare found them and revealed them to the world under his own name. We would have to give him credit for that.
It is interesting what this revelation will do to Avon on Stratford. Something similar to England pulling out of the European consortium I would assume. ;-) As always, England will muddle through.
Ron
