The True Tragical Comical Romantic History of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, courtier, duellist, adventurer and poet, aka 'William Shakespeare'.
“I am dead: Thou livest;
Report me and my cause aright
To the unsatisfied.”
In his 7th one man show, internationally acclaimed award-winning solo specialist George Dillon explores the extraordinary life of the leading light of the Elizabethan age, revealing how and why Hamlet is his auto-biography and suggesting how and why the Stratford hoax was perpetrated and perpetuated.
With special ghost appearances by Burbage, Garrick, & Olivier!
“O God! What a wounded name,
Things standing thus unknown, I leave behind me!”
The Man Who Was Hamlet will not only show that Edward de Vere was the author but will explore the spirit of a fascinating man whose life story has uncanny resonances with the play and to entertain as well as inform audiences by recreating some of the more bizarre developments in the play's stage history.
“If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart,
Absent thee from felicity awhile,
And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain,
To tell my story.”
Dillon has been keenly interested in the Shakespeare authorship debate since producing and playing Hamlet in 1995. After years of research and development The Man Who Was Hamlet will be previewing in the Autumn of 2008 and touring from early 2009.
www.doubtaboutwill.org
www.shakespeare-oxford.com
www.deveresociety.co.uk
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