Some supposed Shakespeare forgeries An Examination into the Authenticity of certain Documents affecting the Dates of Composition of Several of the Plays By Ernest Law, B.A. F.S.A. Barrister at Law [...]

Some supposed Shakespeare forgeries An Examination into the Authenticity of certain Documents affecting the Dates of Composition of Several of the Plays By Ernest Law, B.A. F.S.A. Barrister at Law [...]

Author: Law, Ernest

Year: 1911

Full title: Some supposed Shakespeare forgeries An Examination into the Authenticity of certain Documents affecting the Dates of Composition of Several of the Plays By Ernest Law, B.A. F.S.A. Barrister at Law Author of “Shakespeare as a Groom of the Chamber,” “The History of Hampton Court”; “Holbein and Vandyck’s Pictures at Windsor Castle,” etc. etc. With facsimiles of documents. 8vo. pp. xv, 80. Signatures: [A]8 B-E8. Contains facsimile printed on both sides. The present book asserts that the so-called "Cunningham forgeries," some missing Accounts of the Courts Revels for the years 1604-5 and 1611-12 found by and published under the auspices of Peter Cunningham (1816-1869), were in fact genuine. The book also includes a discussion of John Payne Collier. Law’s arguments were heavily debated in The Athenaeum between June 1911 and August 1912, but most English scholars were not swayed by Law.