Reasonable Doubt About The Identity Of William Shakespeare

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Another evidence that gives a little doubt about Shakespeare is the way that his name was spelled on some of his plays. They were spelled different than others, in the article “Declaration of Reasonable Doubt About the Identity of William Shakespeare” it shows the different ways they used his name on the plays “Mr. Shakspere's last name was spelled numerous ways, even after many of the works had been published. The name on the works was virtually always spelled one way, “Shakespeare;” but it was often hyphenated — a rarity for English names at the time. Scholars have no definitive explanation for the hyphenated name (Declaration of Reasonable Doubt About the Identity of William Shakespeare). If it was really Shakespeare why would he write his

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