Shakespeare authorship question
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shakespeare-authorship-question-173-17356667
title:
Shakespeare authorship question
text:
The Shakespeare authorship question is the argument that someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him. Anti-Stratfordians—a collective term for adherents of the various alternative-authorship theories—believe that Shakespeare of Stratford was a front to shield the identity of the real author or authors, who for some reason—usually social rank, state security, or gender—did not want or could not accept public credit. Although the idea has attract
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encyclopedia
description:
Fringe theories that Shakespeare's works were written by someone else
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_authorship_question
date created:
2002-02-12T07:25:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T16:37:43Z
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