We all know of Shakespeare and his magnificence as a playwright, but he had a good friend, an equally good playwright, Christopher Marlowe, who suffered an untimely murder in a tavern. However, another friend of Shakey's may have smuggled Chris out of England when he learned of Chris' deadly debts, and from there sent plays back to Shakespeare. Supporting evidence; Shakespeare's dad could not read or write, nor could his children The few signatures that Shakes has left behind are poor scrawls He was known as a business man, not a writer No manuscripts exist of Shakespeare's own writing There's a bit more evidence, but I'm tired of typing.
So what do you think? Did Shakespeare write his own plays or was it Mr. Marlowe?
Shakespeare's dad could not read or write, nor could his children
Shakespeare's handwriting was terrible because of this. Historians and scientists couldn't read his name properly so it could have been Snakespeare, Shakesheare and loads of other wierd names.
Did Shakespeare write his own plays
There is evidence that he did write his own plays but unless you're extremely interested in this, you can look it up on the internet or read books about him.
More likely than not, he had them transcribed by a secretary. Or, if he did write manuscripts, the orginal copies could have been lost when The Globe burned down.
Its like the theories that Homer didn't write the Illiad. Interesting? Yes. True? May be. Likely to change anything? No.
We can never be sure. So I don't think it really matters xD Even if we stopped attributing them to be works of William Shakespeare himself. We would always still refer to them as Shakespearean plays, so it doesn't matter :P
Doubt is always a foregone conclusion, especially when dealing with historical figures. I honestly think that he did coin the material attributed him, and think he would suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous assertions with aplomb.
Who doesn't love a good historical conspiracy? But I wouldn't care. The plays are much more important as compared to who actually wrote them. It doesn't diminish their stellar quality even if he didn't pen them himself.
