[Culture N] ‘William and William’s Williams’ Turns a Shakespeare Forgery Into a Story of Fame, Ambition and Belief

[News Culture] A famous name can change the way a work is received before anyone has properly judged the work itself.

An unknown writer may struggle to be noticed, while a manuscript attached to the name of a celebrated author can arrive already surrounded by expectation and authority.

The Korean musical William and William’s Williams (윌리엄과 윌리엄의 윌리엄들), an unofficial English rendering of the Korean title, takes that gap between artistic value and reputation as its starting point, drawing on one of the most notorious Shakespeare forgery scandals of 18th-century London.