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    The Trial of William Shakespeare: A dramatization of the authorship controversy in which the audience renders a verdict
    The Trial of William Shakespeare: A dramatization of the authorship controversy in which the audience renders a verdict
    The Trial of William Shakespeare: A dramatization of the authorship controversy in which the audience renders a verdict
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    The Trial of William Shakespeare: A dramatization of the authorship controversy in which the audience renders a verdict

    By J. Ajlouny

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    Few men have endured the indignity of having their very existence challenged as thoroughly as William Shakespeare, late of Stratford-upon-Avon. From scholars to amateur enthusiasts, many cannot bring themselves to believe he wrote his own body of work. Playwright J. Ajlouny presents the arguments for and against, all statements and proofs drawn from the historical record. Everybody must decide for himself, but The Trial of William Shakespeare makes the controversy both intriguing and fun.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFresh Ink Group
    Release dateFeb 14, 2018
    ISBN9781936442768
    The Trial of William Shakespeare: A dramatization of the authorship controversy in which the audience renders a verdict

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      The Trial of William Shakespeare - J. Ajlouny

      THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

      A dramatization of the authorship controversy in which the audience renders a verdict

      Copyright © 2018, 1998

      by J. Ajlouny

      All rights reserved

      Push Pull Press

      An Imprint of:

      Fresh Ink Group, LLC

      Box 931

      Guntersville, AL 35976

      Email: info@FreshInkGroup.com

      FreshInkGroup.com

      Edition 1.0 1998

      Edition 2.0 2018

      Cover art by Anik

      Cover by Stephen Geez

      Performance: Any performance of this play must be licensed in writing by the publisher, including royalty arrangements. No alterations, deletions, or substitutions of a material nature may be made in this work without prior written permission of Fresh Ink Group, LLC. Authorship credit must appear on all programs and promotions in all media where space permits.

      Publication: Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of Fresh Ink Group, LLC.

      BISAC Subject Headings:

      PER013000 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Broadway & Musicals PER011000 PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General DRA001000 DRAMA / American / General

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2018933400.

      ISBN-13: 978-1-936442-75-1 Softcover

      ISBN-13: 978-1-936442-80-5 Hardcover

      ISBN-13: 978-1-936442-76-8 Ebooks

      Playscript / Drama

      No person in history, except perhaps Christ Himself, has had to endure the indignation of having his very existence challenged as often or as profusely as has William Shakespeare (or Shaxper) late of Stratford-upon-Avon. For over a hundred years now, scholars and cranks alike have seen t to question the man and his works, not because he didn’t write them, but because they can’t possibly bring themselves to believe that he did.

      Accumulated here are the arguments for and against the proposition that The Stratfordian was indeed the author of the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare. All statements and all proofs are drawn from the historical record, which the playwright has painstakingly researched. Ultimately each person must decide for him or herself. In this age of reticence and disbelief, this is proving to be no small task.

      Remarks from audience/participants/jurors:

      Absolutely fascinating!

      I didn’t realize the depth of this mystery.

      It’s a good case... and an intriguing courtroom drama.

      Well written and well played.

      The playwright’s research is impressive and his use of humor is brilliant.

      Lots of fun! There’s not a chance in hell he wrote those plays.

      Foreward

      BARD BEYOND BELIEF

      The Persistent William Shakespeare Mystery

      By Jonathon Bate

      Professor of English Literature, University of Liverpool

      The annoying thing about William Shakespeare is that his life was so mundane and so unpoetic. The only raw materials he required for the creation of his plays were a grammar school education and a lifetime in the theater as an actor, scriptwriter and

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