New controversy over the real author of Shakespeare's works

The famous English playwright William Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but until now experts have continued to put forward hypotheses about the true identity of the immortal works that bear his name.

The great playwright William Shakespeare. (Source: telegraph.co.uk)

John Hudson, a leading expert on Shakespeare and living in New York, claims in his book “Shakespeare's Dark Lady” that the author of Shakespeare's most famous plays was actually Amelia Bassano, a dark-haired Jewish woman who lived in London.

According to Mr. Hudson, Ms. Bassano was born in 1569 into a family that played music for Queen Elizabeth I. As a teenager, she became the lover of Lord Chamberlain Henry Carey, the English theater magnate and patron of Shakespeare's opera company.

Thus, Mrs. Bassano was well placed and with her skills, she had the opportunity to compose plays that to this day are still considered by art practitioners to be Shakespeare's.

In particular, there is a factor that makes expert Hudson believe Bassano is the author of those immortal plays: because in those works there are many details with overseas contexts, while Shakespeare only lived in England.

For example, some plays feature vivid details of Italy, where Bassano hails from, as well as detailed descriptions of skills such as falconry, and some even use Hebrew.

Although the above hypothesis is not widely accepted by experts, many hypotheses have long circulated about the true identity of the author of Shakespeare's plays.

Recently, Shakespeare became the headlines of many newspapers after a group of experts said that it was likely that the playwright's skull was stolen more than 200 years ago.

Archaeologists used ground-penetrating radar to peer down into what has long been considered Shakespeare's grave at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and discovered a strange disturbance at the head of the grave.

Kevin Colls, Head of the archaeological team, confirmed that this discovery coincides with the story of the theft of Shakespeare's skull that was raised in 1794./.

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