Did Shakespeare write his plays?

Shakespeare and His Authors: Critical Perspectives on the Authorship Questiondeals withThe Shakespeare Authorship question – the question of who wrote Shakespeare’s plays and who the man we know as Shakespeare was – is a subject which fascinates millions of people the world over and can be seen as a major cultural phenomenon.

Some people question whether Shakespeare really wrote the works that bear his name – or whether he even existed at all. Could it be true that the greatest writer in the...