The mad Shakespearean scholar Delia Bacon has devoted her life to proving that his plays were actually written by her namesake, Francis Bacon. Ignored by all, she talks her way into Shakespeare's tomb and intends to spend the night digging up evidence to support her contention. She does not expect the bard himself to appear to rail against snobs and cretins who can't believe a poor actor from Stratford could have written such plays.
Published in Palestrina & Other Plays.