Interesting how the recent story about the Shakespeare painting -- said to be the only image of the Bard created in his lifetime -- may, in fact, not be real or really of Shakespeare, or verifiable. I did receive a comment about my post on this; now comes a piece in the Guardian, by Charlotte Higgins, that casts some real doubt.
Let's look at the image again:
What do you think?
Great story on CNN.com today regarding the image above -- historians have concluded that it is the only painting of William Shakespeare done within his lifetime. For more on this, read the story here.
Well, that's what they're talking about (and talking about and talking about) over at Theatre Is Territory.
The only thing I'd like to add to this is that this was a hot subject almost exactly 10 years ago. When I was running Theatermania.com, I started a story on Macbeth by referring to Matthew Warchus' advocating such a position.
And here is one of the stories that I read about this, back in 1998, in the Times.
Here's another reference to it, and here's another, sort of.
What I've never understood is how far this moratorium would be spread and who would enforce it.
