Shakespeare’s Lost Literary Mystery Solved? New Study Names Him the Main Author of Edward III

A new study has brought fresh attention to Edward III, an anonymously published history play long associated with William Shakespeare. Researchers now argue that Shakespeare was its principal author, with fellow Elizabethan dramatist Christopher Marlowe contributing substantial portions of the work.

🔍 What did the researchers discover?

The research was conducted by Dr Rory Loughnane of the University of Kent and Professor Brett Greatley-Hirsch of the University of Leeds.

Using computerised linguistic analysis, the scholars examined the play’s language and compared it with works attributed to ten dramatists active during the late 16th centu...