Hoax!The Ireland Shakespeare Relics
Hoax!
Why do so many people believe things that aren’t true? In an era when claims of “fake news” come as natural as breathing, and social media allows lies…11 clip(s)
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Samuel Ireland was an avid collector, the type of man who boasted and tried to make himself look important. His son, William Henry, just wanted to make his dad proud of him.
Sources:
The Boy Who Would Be Shakespeare, by Doug Stewart
Shakespeare and Others by S. Schoenbaum
'The Poet's Hand,' Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Henry-Ireland
https://www.npr.org/2010/06/19/127931669/william-henry-irelands-great-shakespearean-hoax
