In the annals of William Shakespeare’s legacy, a twist has emerged that’s practically as dramatic as any of the Bard’s plays: the real “Shakespeare” behind a centuries-old family ...

William’s father, John Shakespeare, was a member of the borough ... In 1841 Thomas Carlyle described him as a “real, marketable, tangibly useful possession.” Post-colonial literary critics ...

And that’s doubly true for the works of William Shakespeare ... for his performance at the time, the real problem is that he’s playing one of Shakespeare’s least interesting villains.) ...