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As the world's greatest author, Shakespeare has attracted attention from scholars and laypersons alike. But more and more people have questioned whether the historical Shakespeare wrote the plays popularly attributed to him. While other sites on the subject have argued that some other particular person wrote the plays, this site attempts to briefly revisit the authorship question without an ideological bias, for the beginners.
Thirty eulogies were printed and published about Sir Francis Bacon when he died in 1626, ten years after Shakespeare. The death of Shakespeare was apparently marked by a resounding silence.
Leaving aside seeming metaphysical and mystical analysis, the particular building blocks of this BARRIER, to the belief that he did uncover and make use of in unrivalled fashion the ‘higher knowledge’ dimension
We may not ‘know’ Shakspere, or Shakespeare as he became, but we can explore ‘facts’ and evidenced ‘assumptions’ and ‘presumptions’ as fairly in this age as fifty years after his death, when the ‘identity’ questions slowly started to arise.
So we find that The Shakespeare Wonder is shadowed by The Shakespeare Mystery: accompanied by “Cheering doubters and outraged traditionalists”
Shakspere Wrote Shakespeare An aristocrat wrote Shakespeare Shakspere as collaborator, then a patron appeared Shakespeare as willing conspirator and ‘outlet’ Shakespeare groomed for stardom
Mark Twain said Shakespeare was not written by Shakespeare but by someone else of the same name. Another humourist believes that “Bacon supplied the plots, Oxford the poetry and Shakespeare the jokes!”
17th Earl of Oxford (b.1550 d. 1604) aged 54. He has for some time presented a most interesting and challenging case to be the hidden Shakespeare. His case is put by the ‘Oxfordians’ with great power, depth and persuasiveness.
Lord Chancellor (b. 1561 d. 1626) aged 65. He could well have had some guiding role over the man Shakspere and was quite capable of organising a flow of ‘anonymous’ aristocratic writings for the brilliant young playmaker to turn into quality and performable plays.
Playwright, (b. 1564, the same year as Shakspere, d. 1593 just as Shakespeare ‘materialised’). Marlowe was 29 when he died, except that “he didn’t die” and “HE wrote Shakespeare thereafter”. As a claim for authorship, it is described as an elaborate hoax on the part of the aristocracy.
6th Earl of Derby (1561-1642) was 81 when he died, and he had lived through the “Shakespeare period”. He was well connected with players and theatre, at first through his brother Ferdinando’s company (the Lord Strange’s Men) which became his own, after the death of the 5th Earl, his brother.
5th Earl of Rutland (1576 – 1612, aged 36) was “too young and unproven” to be Shakespeare, is the widely-held belief. Again, to be taken seriously, he would have had to be a literary genius in 1593 at the age of 16 (when Venus and Adonis was first published). There is no evidence of this.
2nd Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621) was aged 60 when she died). From around 1580 she worked to make her home Wilton House in Wiltshire a leading cultural centre, which when flourishing reminded one visiting poet “of the Court of Urbino in Italy”.
As though in parallel, the English ‘Golden Age’ of literature and embryo new-age playmaking arose with Elizabeth’s deepening authority and the nation’s burgeoning prosperity.
Shakspere might have received a good education at pre-School then Stratford Grammar School – but we can only presume that he did attend for there is no evidence, just repeated belief that he did.
One definition of genius is “that you leave your subject different from how you found it, therefore Newton was a genius, so was Einstein.”
Shakspere was Shakespeare? Or was it Bacon, Oxford, Marlowe, Derby, Rutland, the Countess (or Dyer?) If they were not Shakespeare, were they aware of the Author’s real identity? Were they involved?
Whether Shakespeare was the author we will probably never be certain, maybe it is better to remember that the plays are the thing
This site aims to provide a balanced overview of the Shakespeare Authorship Mystery for beginners to this intriguing Detective Story.
I declare my viewpoint: Shakspere was and is Shakespeare, but it’s not so simple. Read on, there’s more than meets the eye. And please don’t tag me Stratfordian or heretic.
Links from other web sites
The Shakespeare Authorship Mystery or controversy is given a new direction in this website. It offers a balanced overview, particularly aimed at beginners exploring the problem, the question, the controversy.
Controversial theory that Francis Bacon, a poet and playwrite in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, was, in fact, the real bard and author of the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
Controversial theory that Francis Bacon, a poet and playwrite in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, was, in fact, the real bard and author of the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
Controversial theory that Francis Bacon, a poet and playwrite in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, was, in fact, the real bard and author of the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
Controversial theory that Francis Bacon, a poet and playwrite in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, was, in fact, the real bard and author of the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
Controversial theory that Francis Bacon, a poet and playwrite in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, was, in fact, the real bard and author of the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
Controversial theory that Francis Bacon, a poet and playwrite in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, was, in fact, the real bard and author of the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
An introduction to the key points and background of the Shakespeare authorship mystery. A beginners guide and overview of candidates, the Lost Years, and a theory about collaboration.
The world's greatest author, Shakespeare attracts attention from scholars and laypersons. But more people question whether the historical Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him. Sites on the subject argue that some other person wrote the plays, this site attempts to revisit the authorship question for beginners.
The Shakespeare Authorship Mystery or controversy is given a new direction in this website. It offers a balanced overview, particularly aimed at beginners exploring the problem, the question, the controversy.
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