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The Authorship Question

The Authorship Question

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, King Lear.  These are just a few examples of plays associated with the name William Shakespeare.  Is William Shakespeare of Stratford the person who deserves to be noted as the best playwright of all time?  Does another individual deserve this merit?
Who was the original “William Shakespeare”?  There is speculation that the Stratford-upon-Avon man could not have been the playwright, because there is no concrete evidence revealing that he had the intelligence to write such complex plays (PBS).  It is not known whether William Shakespeare went to school, since there are no records of his attendance (PBS).  If William Shakespeare was the original playwright, then why were his manuscripts not bequeathed in his will?  The only possible explanation that validates the name “Shakespeare” is if it was used as a pen name.  With this in mind, could “Shakespeare” be Edward De Vere, seventeenth Earl of Oxford, or Sir Francis Bacon?  One piece of evidence rules out William Shakespeare as a candidate to be credited for the writings, as well as Sir Francis Bacon.  The following fact must be considered:
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