For over 400 years, certain mysteries of the Shakespearean canon have eluded conventional scholarship. Perhaps the answers lie not in what we have failed to discover, but in what we have failed to see - in clues long overlooked, waiting quietly in plain sight.
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Join me as we investigate together these enduring mysteries through textual, historical, and geographical research, following the trail to some surprising archival discoveries.
CASE FILE 1
The Tempest Mystery
CASE FILE 1
The Tempest Mystery
Our first investigation takes us to Shakespeare’s final play - or perhaps we should call it his farewell play. And yet, of all the works in the Shakespearean canon, this one may be the most mysterious of them all. What secrets is it hiding?
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The Verona Mystery I
CASE FILE 2
The Verona Mystery I
This northern Italian town has a surprising connection to five Shakespearean plays. So why did it matter so much to the playwright? In this episode, we follow the clues and investigate what makes this place so special.
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The Verona Mystery II
CASE FILE 3
The Verona Mystery II
We return to Verona in this episode, focusing on The Two Gentlemen of Verona while also following clues in three other plays that may shed new light on the author’s intriguing connection to the town.
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The Midsummer Night's Dream Mystery
CASE FILE 4
The Midsummer Night's Dream Mystery
Where does this strange, magical story of enchanted forests, tangled loves and mischievous fairies come from? Join us as we follow the clues to uncover the story behind the story—and its unexpected link to The Rape of Lucrece.
CASE FILE 5
The Love's Labour's Lost
CASE FILE 5
The Love's Labour's Lost
Mystery
Mystery
In this episode, we set out to uncover the source story behind Love’s Labour’s Lost, in the hope that it might lead us to clues about the lost play, Love’s Labour’s Won.
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The Merchant of Venice
CASE FILE 6
The Merchant of Venice
Mystery
Mystery
In this play there’s plenty to investigate - but can we solve the logistical and linguistic puzzles it poses? What exactly is going on behind the scenes, and what clues can the play’s language and geography give us?
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The Hamlet Mystery
CASE FILE 7
The Hamlet Mystery
We’re setting off on a celestial journey to explore the astronomical language woven through this tragedy. But what lies behind all those stars, planets, and cosmic references, and what might they reveal about the play?
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The Othello Mystery
CASE FILE 8
The Othello Mystery
In this episode, we’ll be following a curious trail of clues: what could a famous Renaissance artist and a small Italian town possibly have to do with this tragedy?
CASE FILE 9
CASE FILE 9
The Venus and Adonis Mystery
The Venus and Adonis Mystery
Detective hats on again as we trace the origins of this narrative poem and explore its strikingly distinctive female perspective. Where does this unusual voice come from, and what might it tell us about the poem?
CASE FILE 10
The Greene's Groatsworth of Wit Mystery
CASE FILE 10
The Greene's Groatsworth of Wit Mystery
In this final Case File, we will be following the words of a dying satirist as they take our investigation in an unexpected direction, bringing many clues together and setting us on the trail of the ultimate mystery; the mystery of authorship.
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