Beggars, Cheats and Forgers by David Thomas

Author:David Thomas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bisac Code 1: TRU000000; TRUE CRIME / General
ISBN: 9781473838178
Publisher: Wharncliffe
Published: 2014-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Illustration by ‘Phiz’ from Charles Dickens’s Little Dorrit: Once he knew that he and his banking empire were doomed, Mr Merdle borrowed a knife from his stepson and daughter-in-law and took it to the bath house where he killed himself.

John Payne Collier’s forged petition, purportedly produced in 1596 by William Shakespeare and his fellow players concerning the Blackfriars Theatre. The forgery was revealed by the mention of the Globe Theatre (which could not have been built before 1598) in line 13. (TNA: SP12/260/178)

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