US EditionLetter sheds possible new light on Shakespeare's marriage
- William Shakespeare may not have abandoned his wife, Anne Hathaway, according to new research by Professor Matthew Steggle from the University of Bristol, challenging a long-held belief among scholars.
- A 17th-century letter suggests that Shakespeare and Hathaway lived together in London between 1600 and 1610, contrary to previous assumptions.
- The letter reveals that Anne Hathaway defended her husband against a financial claim, indicating she was actively involved in his affairs.
- Steggle believes this discovery, found in a book in Hereford, may lead to more insights about Shakespeare's life and his relationship with Hathaway.
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Shoemaker: Rad Bro of Avon and Inventor of Words - The Xenia Gazette
By Dave Shoemaker Contributing columnist I have no idea why I was boning up on Shakespeare today but I’ll be damned if I wasn’t. During my reading, I was reminded of how awesome The Bard of Avon actually was. For instance, if he couldn’t think of a word for something, he basically just made one up. True story. Although he invented a boatload of words, I’ll just give you the ten I think are the most interesting. Let us commence with Shakespeare’s…
Whittier Daily News
The Press-EnterpriseHow a surprising Shakespeare discovery was found in a letter used as scrap paper
A 400-year-old Shakespeare mystery has gotten a major shake-up. In a paper published in the journal “Shakespeare” on Wednesday, April 23 — the bard’s 461st birthday, if you’re buying candles and an extremely large cake — Professor Matthew Steggle, Chair in Early Modern English Literature at University of Bristol, presented research that finds potential significance in the scraps of a letter first discovered in 1978. Incredibly, the letter scraps…
New Hampshire Union Leader
Shakespeare may not have been a remote husband, new study finds
Fresh analysis by a British scholar of a long-forgotten fragment of a letter addressed to the “Good Mrs Shakspaire” suggests that the renowned playwright William Shakespeare might not have been such a distant husband at all — and that he…
Shakespeare not an absent spouse, study proposes
What happened William Shakespeare was not an absentee husband living in an unhappy marriage to Anne Hathaway, as the couple has been portrayed for the past 200 years, a British scholar argues in a study published Wednesday in the journal Shakespeare. Instead, Matthew Steggle of the University of Bristol said, a letter fragment discovered in 1978 suggests the Shakespeares lived together in London during a fruitful decade in which the Bard wrote s…
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