London Fortean Society

CANCELLED Unfortunately our speaker for The Shakespeare Furore has had to pull out at the last moment. It's too late to organise a replacement, so I'm afraid we'll have to cancel the meeting altogether. Ticket holders will be refunded. We hope to be able to rebook her next year. Tuesday 24th September 2024 The Shakespeare Furore   The Shakespeare authorship question first burst into public consciousness 170 years ago. Early questioners included many prominent figures of the 19th and 20th centuries. In the last two decades, while those defending the orthodox narrative have increasingly characterised the authorship question as a conspiracy theory, over 50 peer-reviewed articles challenging the traditional narrative have been published in academic journals. Meanwhile, the orthodox position has begun to shift towards the ‘many hands’ idea, with the New Oxford Shakespeare now claiming that a third of the Shakespeare canon is co-authored. Now award-winning journalist Elizabe...