It's easy to work out (that Shakespeare was possibly in touch with Thomas North, or they were only one bounce apart): > Mr. McCarthy focused on Thomas North, a

It's easy to work out (that Shakespeare was possibly in touch with Thomas North, or they were only one bounce apart): > Mr. McCarthy focused on Thomas North, a translator of Plutarch’s “Lives,” whom Shakespeare relied on heavily for his dramas. ... > Mr. McCarthy found a reference to the manuscript by George North, a likely cousin of Thomas...