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  2. Orville Ward Owen - Wikipedia

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    Orville Ward Owen. Dr. Orville Ward Owen (January 1, 1854 – March 31, 1924) was an American physician, and exponent of the Baconian theory of Shakespearean authorship. Owen claimed to have discovered hidden messages contained in the works of Shakespeare/Bacon.

  3. Gertrude Barrows Bennett - Wikipedia

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    Gertrude Mabel Barrows was born in Minneapolis in 1884, to Charles and Caroline Barrows (née Hatch). Her father, a Civil War veteran from Illinois, died in 1892. [8] [dubious – discuss] Gertrude completed school through the eighth grade, [3] then attended night school in hopes of becoming an illustrator (a goal she never achieved).

  4. Emilia Lanier theory of Shakespeare authorship - Wikipedia

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    Portrait miniature of an unknown woman, possibly Emilia Lanier Bassano, c. 1590, by Nicholas Hilliard [1]. The Emilia Lanier theory of Shakespeare authorship contends that the English poet Emilia Lanier (née Aemilia Bassano; 1569–1645) is the actual author of at least part of the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare.

  5. Emilia Lanier - Wikipedia

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    A musical The Dark Lady by Sophie Boyce and Veronica Mansour is in development, depicting the "what if" scenario whereby Lanier uses William Shakespeare's name in order to have her plays seen. The musical has been developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center (2023) and Goodspeed Musicals (2024) with a cast of Broadway and Off-Broadway favourites.

  6. List of years in literature - Wikipedia

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    Among these are the great books project including the book series Great Books of the Western World, now containing 60 volumes. In 1998 Modern Library, an American publishing company, polled its editorial board to find the best 100 novels of the 20th century: Modern Library 100 Best Novels. These attempts have been criticized for their ...

  7. Augustin Daly - Wikipedia

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    Collection of letters and papers of Augustin Daly, held by the Folger Shakespeare Library: 33 boxes, call numbers: Y.c.2602-3099, Y.c.4000-5378; Correspondence of Augustin Daly and Joseph F. Daly and documents serving for memoirs, 1858-1899, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: 9 boxes, call number: *T-Mss 2001-251

  8. The School of Night - Wikipedia

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    It is alleged that each of these men studied science, philosophy, and religion, and all were suspected of atheism.Atheism at that time was a charge nearly the equivalent of treason, since the English monarch after Henry VIII's reforms was the head of the Church of England, and to be against the church was, ipso facto, to be against the monarch.

  9. Arthur Conan Doyle - Wikipedia

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    Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson.