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William Shakespeare did not write the plays attributed to him.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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5 sources for · 1 against

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Is it true that William Shakespeare did not write the plays attributed to him?

Partly. The retrieved items show that an authorship question exists and that some writers and scholars have argued Shakespeare did not write the plays, while a reference work calls such doubts fringe theories. None of the items settles the question either way; they document the dispute rather than resolve it.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 5 sources for, 1 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 5
Why William Shakespeare Did Not Write the Works Attributed to Him, and Why Sir Henry Neville Did
2024
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Rubinstein, W. (2024). Why William Shakespeare Did Not Write the Works Attributed to Him, and Why Sir Henry Neville Did. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.31275/20243243

Evidence against · 1
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare

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Shakespeare authorship question - Wikipedia
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Shakespeare authorship question - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_authorship_question

Anna Akhmatova and the Riddle of Shakespeare
2019
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Anna Akhmatova and the Riddle of Shakespeare. (2019). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.15826/izv2.2019.21.3.046

The God-Haunted Atheist and the Posh Boy: Christopher Marlowe in Will and Upstart Crow
2020
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The God-Haunted Atheist and the Posh Boy: Christopher Marlowe in Will and Upstart Crow. (2020). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.7190/jms.v1i0.31

Ахматова и загадка Шекспира
2019
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Ахматова и загадка Шекспира. (2019). repository.vu.lt. https://repository.vu.lt/VU:ELABAPDB46461885&prefLang=en_US

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