Прочитайте текст. Отметьте “True” “False” “Not stated” ( ) Shakespeare “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” Surely, that is one of the most famous lines from any dramatic play ever written. And of course everyone knows that the author of the line was William Shakespeare. Or was it? Most scholars of Elizabethan literature agree that William Shakespeare wrote the plays and sonnets that are credited to him. But every now and then, a new essay or book is published that says it has proof that someone else, not Shakespeare, was the author of such classics as Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and Hamlet. The people who challenge Shakespeare’s authorship are called anti-Stratfordians, a reference to Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. Doubting Shakespeare first became popular in the middle of the 19th century. By this time, Shakespeare had become an international icon; many said he was the greatest writer of all time. To some, this seemed unbelievable. Anti-Stratfordians argue that Shakespeare lacked the education and aristocratic experience needed to write plays like Richard III and Julius Caesar. Over the centuries, a number of important public figures have been persuaded by these arguments, including Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin, and Sigmund Freud. a) true b) false c) not stated 1. Everybody knows at least one line from Shakespeare. 2. Most intellectuals of Shakespeare’s time believed that he wrote all his works himself. 3. All anti-Stratfordians are the people who were not born in Stratford-upon-Avon. 4. It was only in the 19-th century when it became fashionable to doubt Shakespeare’s authorship. 5. Charlie Chaplin and Mark Twain argued anti-Stratfordians’ point of view. 6. Of hundreds versions who could hide under the name of Shakespeare there are only three reliable.

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