SHAKESPEARE WAS A WOMAN AND OTHER HERESIES

Winkler considers the writers and thinkers who have grappled with the riddle of the plays' origins, she ponders who may perhaps have been hiding behind Shakespeare's name. A forgotten woman? A disgraced aristocrat? Hovering over the mystery are Shakespeare's plays themselves, with their love for mistaken identities, disguises, and things never quite being what they seem. Illus.