Anastasia and Other Imposters

Send us Fan MailEpisode 59 Anastasia and Other ImpostersVortigern (Shakespeare’s Lost Play)https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/ireland-vortigernInspired’ by Mary Shelley’s “The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck,” this episodes examines 4 fascinating imposters - Perkin Warbeck, Thomas Chatterton, Henry Ireland, and Anna Alexander (Anastasia)00:00 Introduction00:39 Perkin Warbeck, School, and Poe04:14 Historical account of Warbeck08:22 Thomas Chatterton11:46 Henry Ireland (“lost” Shakespeare play?)14:57 Background and life in Europe17:49 Life and marriage in Virginia23:21 Mystery of Anastasia solved25:59 Sources26:57 Future EpisodesLearn about Perkin Warbeck - a major pretender to the throne of EnglandLearn about Thomas Chatterton and his counterfeitsLearn about Henry Ireland and “Shakespeare’s Lost Play”Learn about Anna Alexander and her attempts to prove she was a Russian princessLearn how the identity of Anastasia was determinedSupport the showThank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.