"FAKESpeare" with Aoibhín Murphy

This week Saoirse Siné will explain to you, and actor/content creator Aoibhín Murphy, about a dweeby young man, William Henry Ireland, and his Shakespeare forgeries.... That weren't very good.

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Brought to you by Scream for Ireland

Episode Source Material

"Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen" Jenner, Greg. 2020

https://www.christies.com/features/5-minutes-with-the-Ireland-Shakespeare-forgeries-10219-1.aspx

https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/ireland-vortigern

https://archive.org/details/confessionsofwil01irel/page/n11/mode/2up

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127931669&t=1614979913004

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/to-beor-not-the-greatest-shakespeare-forgery-136201/

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Vortigern_and_Rowena

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/12/the-greatest-shakespeare-forgery-william-henry-ireland-was-the-man-behind-one-of-the-most-brazen-literary-forgeries-of-all-time/

https://blogs.bl.uk/english-and-drama/2016/03/is-this-a-forgery-i-see-before-me.html

https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/blogs/shakespearian-forgeries-william-henry-ireland/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Henry-Ireland

https://www.enotes.com/topics/shakespeare-sonnets/critical-essays/shakespeares-queer-sonnets-and-forgeries-william

https://trinitycollegelibrarycambridge.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/vortigern-a-shakespearean-april-fool-rediscovered-after-220-years/

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