Course Summary

Unit 1 Prologue

This is the story of a mystery that may never be solved.
The author of the plays, poems and sonnets making up the Shakespearean Canon used a prologue in some of the plays - Romeo and Juliet, Troilus and Cressida and Henry VIII - to establish the reason or setting of the play, I am using a PROLOGUE to set the scene for the course.

 Unit 2

Second session - Researchers of the life of Shakspere and Shakespeare invariably run into the first barrier, how was his name spelt?

Unit 3

Possible authors of Shakespearean Canon

Unit 4

Last session closed with John Shakspere in a certain amount of financial trouble and I suggested he had more problems ahead. We look at those and also meet Christopher (Kit) Marlowe.

Unit 5

Last session covered a lot of ground and ended with part of the life of Christopher (Kit) Marlowe. This session will bring that life to a puzzling end.

Unit 6

Before I talk about another players’ troupe – Oxford’s Men – and their patron, Edward de Vere, I should mention the effect of Spain’s attempts to support the Catholic element in England, even going so far as invasion.

Unit 7

We return to earlier times and complete the stories of players’ troupes.

Unit 8

This unit continues the stories of the theatres and provides some detail about the plays and their sources.

Unit 9

This unit continues the stories of the theatres and provides some detail about the plays and their sources.

Unit 10

This is the final session of the mystery that may never be solved -- what do you think?