The Shakespeare authorship question is the argument that someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him...

there is no evidence of his authorship ever being questioned prior to then. This conclusion is not accepted, however, by proponents of an alternative author...

a few academic Shakespeare scholars reject the arguments for Bacon authorship, as well as those for all other alternative authors. The theory was first...

The Molière authorship question has been the subject of some dispute since 1919, when Pierre Louÿs, in two articles entitled respectively Corneille est-il...

Defining Shakespeare: Pericles as a Test Case, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-926050-8 Kathman, David (2003), "The Question of Authorship", in Wells...

The Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship contends that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. While...

from that point "Shakespeare" gained the dominance which it retains to this day. When the advocates of the Shakespeare authorship question began to claim...

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies is a 2023 nonfiction book by journalist Elizabeth Winkler about the Shakespeare authorship question. The book...

reasons. The exact figures cannot be known. See Shakespearean authorship, Shakespeare's collaborations and Shakespeare Apocrypha for further details. The identical...

The Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship holds that the Elizabethan poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe was the main author of the poems and...

various reasons. The issue is not to be confused with the debate on Shakespearean authorship, which questions the authorship of the works traditionally...

Shakespeare. Derby is one of several individuals who have been claimed by advocates of the Shakespeare authorship question to be the true author of Shakespeare's...

Ravenscroft was the first to question Shakespeare's authorship in the introduction to his own adaptation of the play, Titus Andronicus, or The Rape of Lavinia...

though supporters of the theory often argue that coded assertions of alternative authorship exist in texts dating back to Shakespeare's lifetime. Typically...

American writer of plays and short stories and Shakespeare scholar. She is best known for her work on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays, which she...

The Declaration of Reasonable Doubt is an Internet signing petition which seeks to enlist broad public support for the Shakespeare authorship question...

The Florian theory of Shakespeare authorship holds that the Protestant pastor Michelangelo Florio (1515–1566) or his son the English lexicographer John...

achievements, but criticising the film's time-jumping format, factual errors, and promotion of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship. In modern-day New...

not) of Anne Whateley. The book also addresses the colorful history, characters, and conspiracy theories behind the Shakespeare authorship question and...

In the First Folio (1623), the plays of William Shakespeare were in three categories: (i) comedies, (ii) histories, and (iii) tragedies. Besides the history...

Marshal of the 46th New York City Gay Pride March in 2015. Jacobi has been publicly involved in the Shakespeare authorship question. He supports the Oxfordian...

excessive admiration of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has been known as "the Bard" since the eighteenth century. One who idolizes Shakespeare is known as a...

Shakespeare authorship question, publishing in 1920 his theory that de Vere was the author of most of the poems and plays published in Shakespeare's name...

particularly the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, continues into the 21st century. Shakespeare conformed to the official state religion, but his...

The Nevillean theory of Shakespeare authorship contends that the English parliamentarian and diplomat Henry Neville (1564–1615) wrote the plays and poems...

The sexuality of William Shakespeare has been the subject of debate. It is known from public records that he married Anne Hathaway and had three children...

Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, after the House of Lords Act 1999, he is not known by his courtesy title. Lord Burford is the eldest son and...

The Homeric Question concerns the doubts and consequent debate over the identity of Homer, the authorship of the Iliad and Odyssey, and their historicity...

by the Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable to investigate the scholarship of the Shakespeare authorship controversy and was invited to speak to the membership...

in 1656, Shakespeare's possible authorship of the play was first investigated by Edward Capell in 1760. Although the question of authorship remains unresolved...