round halfway down the list, it reads: " Loves labor lost Loves labor won [sic]". This is peculiar, because while the former item is a popular play by William Shakespeare, performed in theatres across the globe to this day, the latter is totally unknown. In fact, it's not supposed to have ever exi
it really be possible that a play by the man widely considered to be the greatest ever dramatist and writer in the English language, had gone missing? This is a story of antique manuscripts, scattered hints, heated debates, accidental discoveries and the lingering secrets of William Shakespeare.
For Shakespeare, the turning point came in November 1623, when Heminge and Condell released his First Folio. This comprehensive tome documented "Mr William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, published according to True Originall Copies." It included 36 plays, 18 of which had never ap
Fast-forward to 1653, and another bookseller's list comes into the picture: among several plays that they are publishing is The History of Cardenio a play by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. "And that's quite plausible, because we already know that Shakespeare collaborated with John Fletcher
