During his theatre years in New York in the twenties and early thirties, an argument raged in his circle over who really wrote Shakespeare; a friend brought him The Tempest to show an acrostic supposedly spelling Bacon, but what stayed with Neville was Miranda's speech to Prospero.
Date (happened)
between 1920 and 1934
unresolved
- between 1920 and 1934
Place
Persons
Told / reported
- 28 May 1963
Sources
Source
- Jesus Only ¶8 (Many years ago, when I was in the theatre, this goes back into the twenties, the early thirties, there was quite an argument going on in our little circle in New York City as to the true author of Shakespeare.)