Shakespeare as a Vacuous Name

Further from wiki:

"The public debate dates back to the mid-19th century."

"It has attracted public attention and a thriving following, including some prominent public figures, but is dismissed by the great majority of academic Shakespeare scholars.[a][2]"

-- they would, wouldn't they? Imagine being payed to teach a hoax.

"Those who question the attribution believe that "William Shakespeare" was a pen name used by the true author (or authors) to keep the writer's identity secret.[3]"

Personally, I wouldn't have used ANY pen name for that purpose.

"Of the numerous proposed candidates,[4] major nominees include the following."

First:

"Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, who currently attracts the most widespread support,[5]"

Second:

"Statesman Francis Bacon,"

Third:

"dramatist Christopher Marlowe,"

Fourth:

"William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby, who—along with Oxford and Bacon—is often associated with various "group" theories."


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"Supporters of the four main theories are called Oxfordians, Baconians, Marlovians, or Derbyites, respectively.[6]"


So I suppose I should support the first: de Vere. Although I shoud call myself Oxonian. (I find "Oxfordian" vulgar).

"Authorship doubters believe that mainstream Shakespeare biographers routinely violate orthodox methods and criteria,[7][8]"

"Also, that they include inadmissible evidence in their histories of him.[9]"

"They also claim that some mainstream scholars have ignored the subject in order to protect the economic gains that the Shakespeare publishing world has provided them.[10]"

"Authorship doubters assert that the actor and businessman baptised as "Shakspere" of Stratford did not have the background necessary to create the body of work attributed to him, and that the personal attributes inferred from Shakespeare's poems and plays don't fit the known biography of him.[11]"

"Anti-stratfordians also note the lack of any concrete evidence that Shakespeare of Stratford had the extensive education doubters claim is evident in Shakespeare's works."

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"They question whether a commoner from a small 16th-century country town, with no recorded education or personal library, could become so highly expert in foreign languages, knowledge of courtly pastimes and politics, Greek and Latin mythology, law, and the latest discoveries in science, medicine and astronomy of the time."

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An Italian professor proposed Shakespeare was the Italian named "Michelangelo Crollalanza". Etc.