In the United States 1848, Joseph C. Hart published a narrative called “The Romance Yachting”, the first written book, questioning Shakespeare’s authorship. On the contrary, James Shapiro, a Shakespeare scholar, spent 15 years writing a book to prove the opposite of Hart. People debating were either curious about the mysterious Shakespeare or loyal Shakespeare supporters and wanted to prove his innocence at all costs. This argument turned into a true conspiracy theory: Shakespeare couldn’t have written his plays.
Even though the conspiracy focuses on how Shakespeare didn’t write his plays and let’s look at the fact that there was barely any evidence of his existence: a few signatures, record of his marriage, and his will, among more items. …show more content…
According to The Telegraph, “It is also thought possible that Sir Francis Bacon, writer of New Atlantis, essayist and scientist, could have penned the plays. Again there is little evidence to suggest this, apart from similarities in the plays to his own. The theory that Bacon could have written the plays was first put forward in 1856.”
Another strong contender is William Stanly, and with the initials WS it’s not hard to understand why. According to The Telegraph, “He was the 6th Earl of Derby and had his own theatre company called Derby's men. He was known to sign himself off as Will. He travelled in Europe, and through his marriage to Elizabeth de Vere, he was related to William Cecil, on whom many believe the character of Polonius in Hamlet is based.”
On the contrary, even though people doubt Shakespeare’s authorship, he still continues to have supporters, but according to BBC News, “Although scholars desperately searched for documentation to flesh out Shakespeare’s biography in the decades after his death, they found very little, and, to make matters more confusing, much of what they found was …show more content…
“It is undeniably painful to all of us,” he said, “that even now we do not know who was the author of the Comedies, Tragedies and Sonnets of Shakespeare.” Doubters of Shakespeare’s credibility range from Henry James, Charles Chaplin, even to Orson Welles to Helen Keller all from different backgrounds.
Joseph C. Hart, the conspirator, and Delia Bacon, writer and Shakespeare scholar were both Americans, but put thrived in finding who the real writer was. This just proves that you don’t have to come from England to love Shakespeare (which was proven today by the numerous places around the world his plays are read and taught.) “Members of other nationalities, too, have at times enjoyed the sense that they know the ‘real’ Shakespeare better than do his compatriots: during the early 20th century German conspiracy theorists particularly favoured the Earl of Rutland, for example, though their French counterparts preferred the Earl of Derby, and in Austria Sigmund Freud, in a classic instance of the fantasies about secret aristocratic origins which he had identified in children, placed his own ill-informed faith in the Earl of Oxford,” says The
Even though the conspiracy focuses on how Shakespeare didn’t write his plays and let’s look at the fact that there was barely any evidence of his existence: a few signatures, record of his marriage, and his will, among more items. …show more content…
According to The Telegraph, “It is also thought possible that Sir Francis Bacon, writer of New Atlantis, essayist and scientist, could have penned the plays. Again there is little evidence to suggest this, apart from similarities in the plays to his own. The theory that Bacon could have written the plays was first put forward in 1856.”
Another strong contender is William Stanly, and with the initials WS it’s not hard to understand why. According to The Telegraph, “He was the 6th Earl of Derby and had his own theatre company called Derby's men. He was known to sign himself off as Will. He travelled in Europe, and through his marriage to Elizabeth de Vere, he was related to William Cecil, on whom many believe the character of Polonius in Hamlet is based.”
On the contrary, even though people doubt Shakespeare’s authorship, he still continues to have supporters, but according to BBC News, “Although scholars desperately searched for documentation to flesh out Shakespeare’s biography in the decades after his death, they found very little, and, to make matters more confusing, much of what they found was …show more content…
“It is undeniably painful to all of us,” he said, “that even now we do not know who was the author of the Comedies, Tragedies and Sonnets of Shakespeare.” Doubters of Shakespeare’s credibility range from Henry James, Charles Chaplin, even to Orson Welles to Helen Keller all from different backgrounds.
Joseph C. Hart, the conspirator, and Delia Bacon, writer and Shakespeare scholar were both Americans, but put thrived in finding who the real writer was. This just proves that you don’t have to come from England to love Shakespeare (which was proven today by the numerous places around the world his plays are read and taught.) “Members of other nationalities, too, have at times enjoyed the sense that they know the ‘real’ Shakespeare better than do his compatriots: during the early 20th century German conspiracy theorists particularly favoured the Earl of Rutland, for example, though their French counterparts preferred the Earl of Derby, and in Austria Sigmund Freud, in a classic instance of the fantasies about secret aristocratic origins which he had identified in children, placed his own ill-informed faith in the Earl of Oxford,” says The