> > > Edward de Vere was a Duke who a lot of people think wrote Shakespeare... and after doing a
> > > history paper on the subject, i agree wtih them... i'm not going to put all the reasons here,
> > > though...
> > >
> > > uni"unless someone actually CARES..."peg
> >
> > Go on then...
>
> pardon me while i pull up my history paper and summarize all the points...
> okay, just to provide some background info for those who don't know... the man everyone hears about when they're taught about Shakespeare (born in Stratford-on-Avon, actor in London, all that) was actually named William Shaksper... if I need to refer to that man, I'll say Shaksper...

Hey. There are, what, 6 signatures of Shakespeare remaining that are thought to be authentic, no? And several of them have variant spelling on the last name; it isn't consistent. All the works date from a time when orthography really was not standardized.


> [snippety]
>
> ... there are, of course, arguments against de Vere, but not many. i went on in my paper to say WHY the question was important... but i'm not going to go into that either. so that is why i believe shakespeare's plays were written by Edward de Vere, Duke of Oxford.
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> uni"hey, you asked for it"peg

Nay, I am gratified you went into it. A literary whodunnit with the Bard himself... Cool. I wouldn't mind knowing more "why" the question is important regarding his identity, insofar as Shakespearean scholars believe.

Wolfspirit