“Was Shakespeare a Woman?” A good question — or just plain nuts?
Diana Price responds to Oliver Kamm’s criticism in Quillette. 2019
By Diana Price; reproduced with permission.
In its June 2019 issue, The Atlantic published Elizabeth Winkler’s article describing the case for a relatively recent candidate for Shakespeare’s authorship: Emilia Bassano. Bassano was mistress to Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon; she was described in Simon Forman’s notes as ”somewh…