Shakespeare’s Alleged Drug Use

by David P. Gontar (December 2015)

Nothing of the sort was established. And though Prof. Thackeray and the obliging Birthplace Trust had not proven that the Poet/Dramatist achieved his reputation through the use of cannabis, the supposed news went viral. It was just the kind of gossipy revelation so dear to the hearts of avid journalists desperate for a scoop. 

Unreading Shakespeare. He is also the author of Hamlet Made Simple and Other Essays, New English Review Press, 2013.

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