Chris Nicholson's Writing Weblog
March 09, 2009 • Monday
William Shakespeare is showing up in two pieces of news.
First, he's rearing his face in Great Britain. A painting of the Shakespearean-era writer (ha!) has turned up in Ireland as part of a private collection. Why is this big news? Because it's the only accurate portrait of Shakespeare known to exist. See CNN.com's article "Unique portrait from Shakespeare's life unveiled."
(One aspect of this subject that piques my interest is its relation to Bill Bryson's 2007 book Shakespeare: The World as Stage. Part of Bryson's work explores the fact that none of the few Shakespeare likenesses in the world are accurate. Now that's no longer so. How must it feel to base your writing on research covering four centuries of material only to have your reporting obsolete within two years? Sheesh.)
The other news is that the theatre thought to have premiered Romeo and Juliet has been discovered buried on the outskirts of London. See the BBC article "Shakespeare's first theatre found."
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