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The great Shakespeare forgery [by] Bernard Grebanier.

Title
The great Shakespeare forgery [by] Bernard Grebanier.
Author
Grebanier, Bernard D. N., 1903-1977.
Publication
New York, Norton [1965]

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Description
xii, 308 p. : illus., facsims., ports.; 22 cm.
Summary
Story of the career of William Henry Ireland, the young man who successfully forged Shakespeare's signature on several documents and plays.
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Forgeries > Ireland
  • Ireland, W. H. 1777-1835
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Forgeries
  • Literary forgeries and mystifications > History > 18th century
Genre/Form
  • History
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 303-308.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword -- The Stage Set for William Henry -- A Gullible Pair in Tow -- Father and Son -- Shakespeare "en Caisse" -- With No Middle Flight -- Madness in Little Ones... -- Storm Clouds -- Point of No Return -- Disenchanting April -- Capers of a Scapegrace -- The Last Days of Samuel Ireland -- Sputtering Candle -- Appendix: Bibliography
LCCN
^^^65018031^
OCLC
  • 313141
  • SCSB-11394415
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library