The Authentic Shakespeare Author:Stephen Orgel Stephen Orgel's The Authentic Shakespeare , includes fifteen essays in which the Renaissance and its dramas are re-examined. Orgel's writings on Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson and the English court both unpack the notions often taken for granted - the authority of text, character, playwright - and explore the relationship between the stage drama a... more »nd the state drama. With more than 75 illustrations, this will be an essential work.« less