Shakespeare's Portfolio Discovered
Press Conference

The following story is part of our 2000 April Fools' joke. For an explanation of why we did the joke, click here.

Bring out your dead!
Dr. Burbage answers questions. Also pictured: Fool intern Felicia Cohn, Chester Rozalowski, and William Shakespeare.
On Friday, March 31, 2000, The Motley Fool held a press conference from Oxford University to announce the discovery of William Shakespeare's portfolio. The guest speakers were Dr. Ian Garrick Burbage of Oxford and Chester Rozalowski, the heir of Shakespeare's estate.

To listen to an audio recording of the press conference, click here for Real Audio G2 (28.8K) or Windows Media 4.0 (28.8K).

If you don't want to listen, you can simply click here to read the official transcript.

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    Shakespeare's Portfolio Discovered
  • Introduction
  • About the Portfolio
  • Graphical Timeline of the Portfolio
  • Press Conference
  • Thesis Excerpt
  • Unpublished Scene
  • About Chester Rozalowski
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