Is Shakespeare Dead?

Roger Stritmatter | November 29, 2009

Keir Cutler Ph. D. performs Mark Twain’s “Is Shakespeare Dead?” Cutler debunks the still-living myth that Shakespeare wrote the works of “Shakespeare.”
“A magnificently witty performance!” (Winnipeg Sun). “Highly entertaining and engrossing!” (EYE Weekly). “Is Shakespeare Dead? marshals startling facts into an elegant and often tenacious argument that floats on a current of [...]

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The things cops don’t like about English Majors

Roger Stritmatter | November 29, 2009

Every time I feel like despairing over the poor state of critical thinking skills in the average English Department, I remember this  “Speed Bump,” sent to me years ago by Don Sims.  (I’m working on a plugin to allow you  to zoom the image. Meanwhile, apologies for the poor quality.)

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Keir Cutler Ph. D. performs Mark Twain's "Is Shakespeare Dead?"

Cutler debunks the still-living myth that Shakespeare wrote the works of "Shakespeare."

"A magnificently witty performance!" (Winnipeg Sun). "Highly entertaining and engrossing!" (EYE Weekly). "Is Shakespeare Dead? marshals startling facts into an elegant and often tenacious argument that floats on a current of delicious irony" (Montreal Gazette).


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Roger Stritmatter

Roger Stritmatter is an Associate Professor of Humanities at Coppin State University and the General Editor of Brief Chronicles: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Authorship Studies.