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The "World Over Live" with Raymond Arroyo featured Dr. Joseph Pearce on July 25th, author of the historical book, "The Quest for Shakespeare." His book is available from Ignatius Press . Pearce gave a very interesting interview and delved into the fact that Will Shakespeare's mother and father, John, were both "recusant" Catholics. His book goes into great detail into the life and history of Shakespeare and the fact that some of his cousins and friends were tried and died for being Catholic . Of interest to me is the fact that Pearce is now writing the second of perhaps several books. The book being written now will cover three of Shakespeare's plays and illustrate the deep " catholicity " found in each play. Pearce's contention is, in fact, that only by understanding the Catholic mindset of William Shakespeare can one really understand more than just a superficial gloss on his writings. Look for this on "encore."

Carl Olson has a fascinating interview on Ignatius Insight with Joseph Pearce, the author of " The Quest for Shakespeare . " The interview then continues on to discuss the new Ignatius Critical Editions (ICEs) which will be published as new editions of classics devoid of modernist "PC" additions and/or "critical commentary" so prevalent today in book sets. Here is a snippet of the interview: Ignatius Insight: There has been a tremendous amount of debate in recent years about Shakespeare's identity and the nature of his religious beliefs. Can you provide a basic overview to those debates? Pearce: I give an overview of the various aspects of this debate in the opening chapter of my book. I show that the claims of those who say that someone other than Shakespeare wrote the plays are fundamentally flawed and are rooted in an ignorance of the real William Shakespeare. I then show that the claims of those who believe that Shakespeare was a Protestant or t