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Daniel  Negrete

Mr. Rabins

Honors English 10A, Per. 2

26 August 2019

Was William Shakespeare the True Author of Shakespeare?

William Shakespeare is accredited for 37 plays and 154 sonnets — but how is it that the son of a glover became the greatest writer of all time. People have been arguing about the authorship of Shakespeare since at least 1785 when James Wilmot introduced the “anti-Stratfordian theory”.

Firstly, Shakespeare and his family had little to no education.

Secondly. According to Hank Whittemore, a Shakespearean authorship researcher since 1987, Edward de Vere had been involved in theatre since a young age. In “ ‘A Life in the Theater’ – Part Two of Reason 66 Why the Earl of Oxford = ‘Shakespeare’ ” Whittemore states, “Edward de Vere began his theatrical life when he was a child.” de Vere was given the opportunity to be involved in the culture of theatre since he was a child.