How Did Shakespeare Write His Own Works

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Did you know that William Shakespeare is the best-selling fiction author of all time (estimated 4 billion copies were sold). William Shakespeare was born on Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom on April 23, 1564. William Shakespeare died on Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom on April 23, 1616. William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in 1582. They have 3 children together; Hamnet Shakespeare (son), Susanna Hall (daughter), Judith Quiney (daughter). William Shakespeare made 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. William Shakespeare is known as the best English poet of all-time. Many people believed that Shakespeare didn’t write his own plays and other authors write those plays and Shakespeare took credit for those plays.

Although there are several candidates to be claimed as the author of Shakespeare, there are 2 candidates that are close to the real author. Essayist Francis Bacon (January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626) and Playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564 …show more content…

“Did Shakespeare Really Write His Own Plays? A Few Theories Explained.” BBC America, Paul Hechinger, 2011., www.bbcamerica.com/angolphina/2011/10/did-shakespeare-really-write-his-own-plays-a-few-theories-explained. Accessed 27 Apr. …show more content…

Edward De Vere died in 1604, and some of Shakespeare’s plays were published after that date. You can find Shakespeare in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom. We have a few signatures, a strange three page will, a record of his marriage to Anne Hathaway, some papers detailing business totally unrelated to writing. Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe were closed to the real author of Shakespeare. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom. William Shakespeare died in Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom. William Shakespeare is considered English’s greatest poet and

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