Shakespeare A to Z | Authorship, Theories About
Since the mid-1800s, several readers have suggested that the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare were not in fact written by the man from STRATFORD-UPON-AVON. These skeptics have shared the conviction that the true author was a man of greater learning and higher social class than William Shakespeare. Some have proposed that the London actor named William Shakespeare served as a front for the real author, taking credit for the plays so that their actual writer could remain anonymous. The debate continues today, with passionate arguments being presented by several competing...
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