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Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography :
New Evidence of an Authorship Problem re-opens
the Authorship Question with an arsenal of new information and
powerful arguments. It is the first major authorship book since
1916 without an ideological bias, the first to introduce new evidence,
and the first to undertake a systematic comparative analysis with
other literary biographies. It was released in 2001 as no. 94 in
Greenwood Press’s academic series, “Contributions in Drama and
Theatre Studies,” making it the first book on the subject to be
published in a peer-reviewed series. The book was released in paperback,
with corrections and additions, in March/April 2013.
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Among the new evidence and arguments introduced in this book:
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- Comparative analysis of literary papers trails for Shakespeare and two dozen of his contemporaries
- Analysis of documentation showing that Shakespeare was a theatrical financier and business agent
- Introduction of Sir William Dugdale’s drawing, ca. 1634, of Shakespeare’s funerary monument in Stratford-on Avon
- Comparative analysis and interpretation of Groatsworth
of Wit and Vertue's Commonwealth
- Analysis of Jonson's "De Shakespeare Nostrati"
and the significance of Jonson's classical sources
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NEW in the paperback edition:
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- Analysis of Hand D (Shakespeare?) in the Sir Thomas More manuscript additions
- Reconsideration of the famous “Heywood Apology”
- Analysis of two annotations by George Buc, written on the title-pages of Locrine and George a Greene
- Henslowe’s “ne” annotation and its significance for play chronology
- Rebuttal to James Shapiro, Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? (Simon & Schuster, 2010)
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Shakespeare's Unorthodox Biography
proposes that William Shakespeare of Stratford was a successful
entrepreneur, financier, play broker, businessman, theater
shareholder, real estate tycoon, commodity trader, money-lender,
and actor, but not a dramatist. It further proposes that the
works of "William Shakespeare" were written by an
unnamed gentleman. This book exposes logical fallacies and
contradictions in the traditional accounts of Shakespeare's
whereabouts; his professional activities; his personality profile;
chronology; autobiographical "echoes" in the plays; the
dramatist's education and cultural sophistication; circumstances
of publication of the plays and poetry; and in particular, the
testimony of playwright Ben Jonson. Citations are drawn almost
entirely from orthodox sources. The book includes 33
illustrations, a bibliography, and an index.
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About the author
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For an interview with the author, visit PBS Frontline's website.
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Diana Price is the author of Shakespeare’s Unorthodox Biography: New Evidence of An Authorship Problem.
The book was released in hardcover by Greenwood Press in 2001; it appeared as no 94 in Greenwood’s academic series,
“Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies,” making it the first anti-Stratfordian book to be accepted in a peer-reviewed series.
The book was released in paperback, with corrections and additions, in March/April 2013.
Price has published a variety of articles on related topics in peer-reviewed journals and magazines. Her article
“Reconsidering Shakespeare’s Monument” (The Review of English Studies, 1997) introduced the first known image of
Shakespeare’s funerary monument. Price debated Prof. Donald Foster in The Shakespeare Newsletter (1996 and 1997), and her
articles are cited in Counterfeiting Shakespeare by Brian Vickers (September 2002) and Ward Elliott and Robert Valenza
in Shakespeare Quarterly (June 1997). Her essay proposing a solution to Philip Henslowe’s puzzling annotation “ne”
appeared in Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama (2003), and her article “Evidence for A Literary Biography” was
published in the fall 2004 issue of the Tennessee Law Review (2004). She has lectured at Shakespeare’s Globe in London,
the Smithsonian Institution, the University of Tennessee Law School, California State University (LA), Cleveland State University,
the University of North Carolina (Greensboro), John Carroll University, Griffith University (Brisbane), the
Cleveland Renaissance/Early Modern Seminar, as well as numerous civic organizations.
For a detailed resumé, click here.
For queries to the author, e-mail:
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