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Oldys, William

Oldys, William (1696–1761),
biographer and antiquarian who, with Johnson, compiled the Harleian Miscellany. His notes form the ‘Additional Anecdotes’ in Steevens's 1778 edition of Shakespeare and are a source for such myths as the existence of a Stratfordian model for Falstaff, Shakespeare's performance as Adam in As You Like It, and Shakespeare's paternity of Davenant.

Catherine Alexander

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