New Shakespeare Lost Play: Double Falsehood

A little-known 18th century play called “Double Falsehood,” which contains sword fights, violent sexual assault and a terrible ending, has been propelled into the literary spotlight today, when it was apparently claimed as a lost Shakespeare play.

According to guardian.co.uk, Professor Brean Hammond of Nottingham University is going to publish new evidence next week that the play – a romantic tragic-comedy by Lewis Theobald – is as the author always said based on a Shakespeare play named “Cardenio.”

And it appears Hammond has been backed in his assertion, by Shakespeare publisher Arden. There have also been unconfirmed rumors that the play will be opening at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre in Stratford, when it re-opens.

When speaking about the subject, Hammond said “I don’t think you can ever be absolutely 100% but, yes, I am convinced that it is Shakespeare.” Theobald’s “Double Falsehood” was first performed in 1727, at the Drury Lane theatre in London.

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