Who wrote Shakespeare?
The plays of William Shakespeare, who wrote them, that is a real mystery. Some people claim that William didn't write the plays because a glovers son like Shakespeare couldn't possibly have that kind of education to write those type of plays. An american, Delia Bacon was the most snobbish. She said that William Shakespeare was a, "Stupid, ignorant third-rate play-actor from a dirty, doggish group of players".
Who wrote Shakespeare's plays, there are ten possibilities that are most likely. The first is Queen Elizabeth the First. She loved drama, but women and upper-class people could not be seen to write plays. Some people think that Elizabeth the First had the education to write plays, she gave her plays to Shakespeare to publish as his own. But the argument against this idea was that Elizabeth the First couldn't continue writing after her death because after Elizabeth's death Shakespeare continued to write new plays.
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The second possibility was that King James wrote Shakespeare's plays because he was fanatical about about whichcraft and Shakespeare's plays had some things about whichcraft. The counterargument was that Shakespeare's plays were writen during the 1950's and during that time James was in Scotland. Another counterargument was that James wasent that bright.
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Third possibility was Anthony Bacon brother of the french kings court in the early 1950's. When Lovers Labour's last was performed in 1953 the characters had almost the same names as French lords that Anthony would be meeting with. The only thing against was that Anthony wasn't in England when the plays were being performed.
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The forth possibility was Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. He was a brilliant student who went to Cambridge University when he was just 16 and he was a rich playboy who gave money to Shakespeare. Shakespeare had to write poems like Venus and Adonis for young Henry. But what if Henry wrote the plays and Shakespeare agreed to have his name put on them. Against this idea was that Henry enjoyd good living too much, he woudn't have time to write plays.
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The fifth possibility was the Earl of Rutland. The Earl knew Shakespeare and there are many records that the Earl paid Shakespeare. Maybe the money was for helping produce the Earls plays. The Earl had been to many places where the plays were set - Venice, Verona and ect - where Shakespeare most likely had not. The only thing against the Earl was that there is no proof that the Earl ever wrote a play.
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The sixth possibility was William Stanley, Earl of Derby. A scholar dug up an old letter that said the Earl of Derby was "busy writing comedies for the common players". There is no record of a Stanley play ever being performed so maybe they were performed as Shakespeare plays? Against this idea is that many people write plays but they don't get performed because they are awful!
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The seventh possibility was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. There were letters that said that he wrote plays but like Earl of Derby no list of his plays survived. Against this idea was that Edward de Vere died in 1604 and he couldn't write plays after his death.
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The eighth possibility was Francis Bacon. Shakespeare plays knew alot of the french kings court. Bacon was a poet and his father was Elizabeth the firsts Lord keeper. Against this idea was that Bacon had no experience of the theater.
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The ninth possibility was Christopher Mavlowe. A brilliant play writer and a huge success when Shakespeare arrived to London. However he was in trouble for his spying activities so he had to fake his death. Against this idea was that there's too much evidence that Mavlowe was murdered in 1992.
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The tenth possibility is Shakespeare himself, who is known as the writer of the plays.
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The problem of"Who Wrote Shakespeare?" was been sensibly solved in the 1940's by a professor who paid a spiritualist to get in touch with the ghosts of Shakespeare, Oxford and Bacon. The spirits told her that they all wrote the plays! Shakespeare did the plots, Oxford worked ob the characters and Bacon polished the poetry. Dead men tell no lies, but spiritualists sometimes do! Belive that if you want.
After all these facts the most likely version of Who Wrote Shakespeare is Shakespeare himself, he did all the plays or as the spiritualist said Shakespeare, Oxford and Bacon worked on the plays together.
