Publisher's Synopsis
It is a short story, which relates a conversation, in which the theory is discussed that says that William Shakespeare's sonnets were written by the poet's love for the young actor Willie Hughes. The only evidence for this are two puns that are supposed to be within the sonnets. The anonymous narrator is at first a skeptic, then a believer, and finally wooes the reader; he concludes by saying, "There is really a lot to be said for Willie Hughes's theory of Shakespeare's sonnets." The final fact and fiction have merged with each other.
