Why questioning the Bard is the biggest taboo in literature
featuring authors Gerit Quealy and Elizabeth Winkler in conversation
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6:30 PM | Program
7:30 PM | Dinner
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Program is FREE to attend
About the Event
A thrillingly provocative investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy.
Author and journalist Elizabeth Winkler’s new book from Simon & Shuster (forthcoming May 9, 2023)—Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies—dares to tackle the Shakespeare Authorship Question, an inquiry that has been bouncing around for centuries. She tracks the trajectory of the question, why and how it has been repeatedly quashed, and lands on the larger questions of authority, responsibility, and integrity.
The evening will also feature actors Rik Walter (AEA) and Nick Bombicino (AEA).
About the Speakers
Elizabeth Winkler is a journalist and book critic whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Times Literary Supplement, and The Economist, among other publications. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and her master’s in English literature from Stanford University. Her essay “Was Shakespeare a Woman?”, first published in The Atlantic, was selected for The Best American Essays 2020. She lives in Washington, DC
Gerit Quealy is a Coffee House member, author, and journalist. Her book Botanical Shakespeare, with a foreword by Helen Mirren, is now in its sixth printing. She speaks frequently to garden clubs & Shakespeare societies, is a featured teacher at 92NY this month, and is leading a Medlar Social at the U.S. Arboretum in DC on April 21st! You can find her on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/botanicalshakespeare/.
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Ticketed guests are welcome to stay for dinner by indicating so in their Eventbrite RSVP.
There will be an a la carte menu to choose from with a $5 per glass Coffee House wine special. You can pay for your meal with a card or your membership account (no cash). Remember: No tipping. Enjoy!