Theater Talk Announces The SHAKESPEARE Controversy & FEIFFER

Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins (pictured here with Tony Lifetime Achievement-winning actress Marian Seldes).

Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?
on Thirteen:
Friday, July 16th at 12:30 AM

on CUNY TV:
Saturday, July 17th at 8:30 PM
Sunday, July 18th at 12:30 PM and
Monday, July 19th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM, & 7:30 PM

Historian James Shapiro, of Columbia University discusses the centuries old Shakespeare "authorship" controversy: the belief by thousands and thousands of people over the last four centuries that William Shakespeare, was, in fact, not responsible for writing the plays attributed to him. The history of one of the modern world's oldest conspiracy theories is the subject of Shapiro's new book, Contested Will.

Coming Up...
Jules Feiffer
on Thirteen:
Friday, July 23rd at 12:30 AM

on CUNY TV:
Saturday, July 24th at 8:30 PM
Sunday, July 25th at 12:30 PM and
Monday, July 26th at 7:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM

An interview with the influential playwright and cartoonist Jules Feiffer who talks about how he -- and other artists of his generation -- changed the humor and sensibility of the world forever.

2010 Emmy Awards
We congratulate Theater Talk veterans nominated for this year's Emmy Awards:

Michael Emerson
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
David Javerbaum
Ian McKellan
Jonathan Pryce
David Rockwell
Tony Shalhoub
Patrick Stewart
David Strathairn
Elaine Stritch

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