Mad North North West? North by Shakespeare (ep 53)

Rogue scholar Dennis McCarthy has relied on plagiarism software,
travels through Europe, and an obsession to find the truth to
continue his quest for a new source of Shakespeare's plays. He
concludes that Tudor courtier and author Thomas North, whose
family was at the center of political intrigue for years, wrote
plays that Shakespeare used as source material.

Award-winning journalist and author Michael Blanding traces the
journey of McCarthy, the so-called "Steve Jobs of the Shakespeare
community." Blanding takes us on a journey with McCarthy through
the Elizabethan court, through trips to France and Italy, and
through an imaginative reenactment of North's influence on the
world's most famous playwright.

North by Shakespeare, a Rogue Scholar's Quest for the Truth
Behind the Bard's Work is a lively discussion of forgotten
journeys, newly discovered manuscripts, political intrigue, and
possible new ways of seeing stories we thought we knew.


History shows us what's possible.