What is the name of the work that some scholars have recently attributed to Shakespeare?
The work some scholars have controversially attributed to Shakespeare is a poem called Shall I die?. The poem, consisting of ninety lines, was first suggested to be a Shakespeare original by a professor at Oxford, Gary Taylor. Most people do not agree with Taylor’s hypothesis because the poem contains weak and uninspired verse and looks nothing like Shakespeare’s other work. I need some information on two of Shakespeare’s contemporary actors — Richard Burbage and Edward Alleyn. Richard Burbage was the son of James Burbage, the theatrical entrepreneur, and the brother of another famous actor of the day, Cuthbert Burbage. Richard Burbage played all the major Shakespearean characters, including Othello, Hamlet, Lear, and Richard III. He was a member of the Chamberlain’s Men (later known as the King’s Men) until his death in 1619. He was also a wonderful painter and, with William Shakespeare as his partner, he designed a ceremonial shield for the Earl of Rutland (1578-1632), to be used at
