Nine page published copy of Lindley's essay on Shakespeare's critics. Lindley presents an historical study of critics who have doubted Shakespeare's authorship of those works ascribed to him.
Shakespeare, text and performance; Shakespeare plays; Shakespeare criticism; Shakespearean actors and actresses; Theater-Reviews
Review of a performance of Hamlet at Temple Auditorium. Reviewer questions the supposition that productions of Shakespeare are neither popular nor profitable.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882; Eulogies
Article discusses a eulogy of Shakespeare written, but never published or performed, by philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. The eulogy was written for a 300 year anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.
Article includes a narrative of a trip to Stratford-upon-Avon by a self-confessed believer in the Baconian theory of the authorship of Shakespeare's works.
Excrept of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel, "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship," wherein the title character shares with his friend his opinion of Shakespeare's writings.