SA scientist causes buzz with Shakespeare dagga theory

23 August 2015 - 02:00
By TANYA FARBER

A South African scientist has caused an international buzz with new evidence that Shakespeare's literary work was taken to greater heights with the help of dagga. Headlines around the world reported on University of the Witwatersrand Professor Francis Thackeray's study, which was published in the South African Journal of Science last month.

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