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Edward de Vere wrote Shakespeare's plays.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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1 source for · 4 against

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Is it true that Edward de Vere wrote Shakespeare's plays?

Partly. One psychoanalytic article asserts de Vere wrote under Shakespeare's name, while reference works note de Vere is a popular alternative candidate yet state that no important Shakespearean scholar doubts Shakespeare wrote the plays. No item directly settles the authorship question.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 1 source for, 4 against · Last checked

Evidence for · 1
A psychoanalytic study of Edward de Vere's The Tempest.
2009
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RM, W. (2009). A psychoanalytic study of Edward de Vere's The Tempest.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1521/jaap.2009.37.4.627

Evidence against · 4
Who wrote Shakespeare's plays?
2011
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Who wrote Shakespeare's plays?. (2011). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/9083/who-wrote-shakespeares-plays

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the-world-book-encyclopedia-volume-17
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the-world-book-encyclopedia-volume-17. (n.d.). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/the-world-book-encyclopedia-volume-17

Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship - Wikipedia
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Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordian_theory_of_Shakespeare_authorship

the-world-book-encyclopedia-vol.-17-s-sn-1981
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the-world-book-encyclopedia-vol.-17-s-sn-1981. (n.d.). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/the-world-book-encyclopedia-vol.-17-s-sn-1981

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