THE IDENTITY OF SHAKESPEARE

BASIC INFO

• No birth records
• No records of education
• Was married, 3 children
• 7 years gone
• Wrote 37 plays, 15 published
• Records of working at a theater

STRATFORDISM

• Believed he wrote his plays
• Majority of scholars
• Some evidence display his name

ANTI-STRATFORDISM

• Spelling of name
• Only 6 scraggly sigantures
• Nothing linking
• Anagrams
• Children
• Businessman
• Son-in-law
• Edward de Vere

"Our interpretation of Shakespeare's works would be entirely different if we knew who wrote them."

Bill Rubenstein, history professor @ University of Wales, Aberystwyth

WORKS CITED

• London, Jumana Farouky /. "The Mystery of Shakespeare's Identity." Time. Time Inc., 13 Sept. 2007. Web. 13 Apr. 2015.
• "William Shakespeare." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015.
• "Did Shakespeare Really Write His Plays? A Few Theories Examined." BBC America. BBC America, 2015. Web. 13 Apr. 2015.
• "Shakespeare Facts: Read Facts About William Shakespeare." No Sweat Shakespeare. NSS, 2004. Web. 13 Apr. 2015.