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Lewis Theobald, an accomplished editor of Shakespeare's works, announced that he had several manuscripts of ''Cardenio,'' which he adapted into a play titled ''Double Falsehood, or the Distressed Lovers.'' Heavily reworked adaptations of older plays, like the remakes of movie classics continually coming out of Hollywood today, were not at all rare at the time. The original manuscripts that Theobald claimed to have apparently went missing, and so the debate over ''Double Falsehood'' has raged ever since. Mr. Taylor, like many scholars, accepts Theobald's claim. As far back as 1727, Lewis Theobald, an accomplished editor of Shakespeare's works, announced that he had several manuscripts of ''Cardenio,'' which he adapted into a play titled ''Double Falsehood, or the Distressed Lovers.'' The original manuscripts that Theobald claimed to have apparently went missing, and so the debate over ''Double Falsehood'' has raged ever since.