The Newberry Library (Venue Partner)
60 W Walton St
312.943.9090
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Robin P. Williams, Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman Write Shakespeare?
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Wednesday May 7, 2008 (6:15pm)
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Directions: The Newberry Library is located at 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL, directly across from Chicago’s famed Washington Square Park and just a few blocks west of Michigan Avenue.
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$9
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Scholars have long questioned whether or not the poorly educated William Shakespeare really wrote some of the finest works in the English language. While popular candidates include Christopher Marlowe and Francis Bacon, Sweet Swan of Avon supposes that Mary Sidney, the countess of Pembroke, might be responsible for much of Shakespeare's oeuvre. Tonight, author Robin P. Williams discusses her book and how Sidney — one of the most erudite women in England and an esteemed writer in her own right — had the means and the motive to pen the Bard's plays and sonnets.
