DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Autograph manuscript signed ('Arthur Conan Doyle') of a poem, 'Shakespeare's Expostulation', Windlesham, Crowborough, n.d. [c. March 1909]; Three pages, 325 x 204mm, on lined paper, pencil annotations on p.1 including 'Cornhill' and 'Proofs quickly' (pin holes in upper left corner; general light browning and soiling; left margin slightly rough; p.1 dust-stained, especially in upper half, browned at upper left margin and with a tear at upper left corner). Arthur Conan Doyle's contribution to the Shakespeare authorship debate . The poem speaks in the plaintive voice of Shakespeare himself, complaining at the attribution of authorship of his works to Francis Bacon 'A man whom I remember in old days, / A learned Judge with sly adhesive palms...'. The poem was first published in the Cornhill Magazine in March 1909, before being collected in Doyle's Songs of the Road in 1911. [ With ] Autograph letter signed ('A. Conan Doyle') to 'Mr Rose', Greyswood Beeches, Haslemere, n.d. [May 1895], proposing to write a play based on the first half of his historical novel The Refugees , with Henry Irving as Louis XIV and Ellen Terry as Mme de Montespan. One page, 181 x 113mm.
DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Autograph manuscript signed ('Arthur Conan Doyle') of a poem, 'Shakespeare's Expostulation', Windlesham, Crowborough, n.d. [c. March 1909]; Three pages, 325 x 204mm, on lined paper, pencil annotations on p.1 including 'Cornhill' and 'Proofs quickly' (pin holes in upper left corner; general light browning and soiling; left margin slightly rough; p.1 dust-stained, especially in upper half, browned at upper left margin and with a tear at upper left corner). Arthur Conan Doyle's contribution to the Shakespeare authorship debate . The poem speaks in the plaintive voice of Shakespeare himself, complaining at the attribution of authorship of his works to Francis Bacon 'A man whom I remember in old days, / A learned Judge with sly adhesive palms...'. The poem was first published in the Cornhill Magazine in March 1909, before being collected in Doyle's Songs of the Road in 1911. [ With ] Autograph letter signed ('A. Conan Doyle') to 'Mr Rose', Greyswood Beeches, Haslemere, n.d. [May 1895], proposing to write a play based on the first half of his historical novel The Refugees , with Henry Irving as Louis XIV and Ellen Terry as Mme de Montespan. One page, 181 x 113mm.
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