Prof. Crandall Ford, in a lecture entitled “Shakespeare Unmask’d,” will demonstrate that Beaumont and Fletcher wrote all the plays attributed to William Shakespeare, and William Shakespeare wrote all the plays attributed to Beaumont and Fletcher, purely for a lark. Thursday at 7 p.m., Memorial Hall.

Next week, Prof. Melanchthon Crouder will read extracts from his new book, William Shakespeare Was a Miniature Poodle Named Cuthbert.