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The Chandos portrait, which is a far more romantic depiction of the playwright and would have been done by a contemporary, hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, London, which itself provides considerable credibility.

At the time, Brandreth said AA Milne was already a "successful" playwright, with 40 plays to his name.

He’d recently worked with Conor McPherson on “Girl From the North Country,” a fictional interpretation of Bob Dylan’s song catalog, and thought the playwright might be interested.

Still, he contends, this would prove to be the classroom and first laboratory of the world’s greatest playwright.

Mr. Mamet is a playwright, film director and screenwriter.