Historical allegation
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Competing accounts of whether William Shakespeare of Stratford wrote the works attributed to him, or whether another educated candidate authored them under that name.
Open the caseInvolved
concept
Anti-Stratfordian movement
concept
Baconian theory
organization
British Library
concept
Collaborative authorship
person
Edward de Vere (Oxford)
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First Folio
program
Folger fellows research program
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Folger Shakespeare Library
person
Francis Bacon
document
Henry VIII
organization
Internet Archive
organization
Library of Congress
person
Nathaniel Holmes
organization
Public Domain Image Archive
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Quarto editions
concept
Shakespeare authorship question
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Stationers’ Register
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Stratford-upon-Avon
person
William Shakespeare of Stratford