Shakespeare In Trouble; Who Was Will Shakespeare? And Why Is Peter Dickson Saying Such Terrible Things About Him?By Whom? From: The Washington Post | Date: January 24, 1999| Author: Don Oldenburg | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Time's glory is to calm contending kings. To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.

William Shakespeare, "The Rape of Lucrece," l. 939

On a late Tuesday afternoon in mid-October, Peter Dickson's hands tremble with anticipation as a librarian in the electronically guarded Rare Book Room of the Library of Congress places a 377-year- old volume before him. As if caressing a newborn, the researcher carefully parts the cracked leather cover to reveal the ornately engraved title p...

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