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Did a Spy Write Skakespeare?
Sketching details about William Shakespeare's life have led some scholars to question the authorship of his plays. One theory holds that the renowned scholar and writer Sir Francis Bacon actually wrote Shakespeare's works.
Bacon was not only a writer but also a member of Queen Elizabeth's spy network. He was especially interested in ciphers, and his supporters believed that he, in fact, authored Shakespeare's plays and embedded coded messages in the text. For instance, using ciphers developed by Bacon himself, researchers have found the word "Bacon" more than 100 times in Hamlet and other plays.
One name, different signatures. Some have taken this as evidence Shakespeare couldn't write and was therefore illiterate, calling into question whether he could have penned his plays. |