Shakespeares Silent Partner

The Shakespeare authorship question is the longest running and most heated literary controversy in history. In a major new contribution David Taylor offers a comprehensive review of how and why the man from Stratford-upon-Avon became accepted as the sole playwright. However, he shows that the First Folio of 1623 includes a surprising number of contentious statements, which in fact undermine claims made for the man from Stratford as the sole author. / Modern research strengthens such scholarly queries. New ‘attribution research’ has revealed that he had several collaborators, with about a third of his plays being co-written. Taylor investigates who were his collaborators or partners.