WHO WAS THAT MAN?(playwright Amy Freed ponders questions surrounding authorship of William Shakespeare's plays, inspired to write own drama: The Beard of Avon)
American Theatre, May, 2001 by FREED, AMY
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WHY AMY FREED CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT SHAKESPEARE
TWO YEARS AGO I HAD A conversation with a friend who was a major conspiracy buff. He had a special penchant for two--the Kennedy assassination and the true authorship of William Shakespeare's plays. I mocked him privately for his eccentric theories. In public, though, I urged him on, so I could observe, fascinated, the rich workings of his monomanias.
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The apex of my delight came when my friend submitted a book review of a minor Shakespeare biography to our local newspaper. His review (ultimately unpublished) contained one ...
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