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Wysłany: Pią 11:20, 11 Mar 2011 Temat postu: entury was William Henry Ireland |
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entury was William Henry Ireland (1777?1835)
a barrister's clerkwhowith the aid of his fatherSamuel Ireland (1740??1800)an author and engraver of
some reputeproduced in 1796 a volume of forged papers claiming to relate to Shakespeare's career. The title
ran: 'Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the Hand and Seal of William Shakespeareincluding
the tragedy of “King Lear” and a small fragment of “Hamlet” from the original MSS. in the possession of
Samuel Ireland.' On April 21796 Sheridan and Kemble produced at Drury Lane Theatre a bombastic tragedy
in blank verse entitled 'Vortigern' under the pretence that it was by Shakespeareand had been recently found
among the manuscripts of the dramatist that had fallen into the hands of the Irelands. The piecewhich was
publishedwas the invention of young Ireland. The fraud of the Irelandswhich for some time deceived a
section of the literary publicwas finally exposed by Malone in his valuable 'Inquiry into the Authenticity of
the Ireland MSS.' (1796). Young Ireland afterwards published his 'Confessions' (1805). He had acquired much
skill in copying Shakespeare's genuine signature from the facsimile in Steevens's edition of Shakespeare's
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