Shakespeare Mystery, The

Alternative title: Midsummer Night’s Mystery, A
Synopsis: Documentary on the authorship of Shakespeare’s play, concentrating on Edward de Vere as one of the likeliest alternative authors. Charlton Ogburn, Enoch Powell and Charles Vere, Earl of Burford argue against the standard view, with A.L. Rowse offering a weak defence. Excerpts from Hamlet, Macbeth and the sonnets are read by actors in Hedingham Castle, Essex, former seat of the Earls of Oxford.
Series: First Tuesday
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television; Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 4 Jul 1989 at 21:35 (Channel: ITV)
Duration: 60 mins
Availability: Out of distribution (2005)

Director: Kevin Sim
Producer: Kevin Sim
Contributor: A.L. Rowse; Charles Vere; Charlton Ogburn; Enoch Powell; Olivia O’Leary; Sam Schoenbaum

Notes: Broadcast as A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S MYSTERY. The Library of Congress copy is from a rebroadcast on 23 April 1996.
History: Broadcast in the United States on Public Television’s Frontline series on 18 April 1989. The Library of Congress copy is from a rebroadcast on 23 April 1996
Reviews: On the background of the production, see C. Ogburn, ‘Television Documentary on the Shakespeare Controversy to Be Broadcast,' Shakespeare Oxford Society Newsletter 25, no. 1 (1989), p. 5-6.

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