About this episode

The episode discusses a forgery related to William Shakespeare discovered by William Henry Ireland in the 1790s.

Back in the 1790's, Samuel Ireland's son, William Henry, came to him with an exciting discovery - he had found a document belonging to the one and only William Shakespeare! But where had he found it? And could there be more?? This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 08:39 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report). For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod   Check out our other podcasts: Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/ Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/ Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/ Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.  REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING: https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Henry-Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_Shakespeare_forgeries…

People in this episode

Host: Do Go On Media

Topics covered

• forgery
• Shakespeare
• history
• comedy
• Ireland
• document discovery

Keywords

• forgery
• William Shakespeare
• Samuel Ireland
• William Henry
• history
• comedy
• Ireland

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast

Books & works: William Shakespeare

Places: Ireland

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