The Anti-Stratfordian Theories

Shakespeare’s works can be described as a source of inquiries and doubts for centuries. Many scholars, even dating back to the seventeenth century, questioned the authorship of the plays that went on to affect the world of literature: the plays of William Shakespeare. Some of those who study literature have a difficult time believing that Shakespeare wrote the plays that made him famous. There are many different theories about who could have written the …

…his authorship, the theory is faulted by the same reason that the theory of Shakespeare being the author is faulted: the knowledge of the royals. There still needs to be a way to account for the in-depth familiarity of the hypocrisy, power, vanity, and chaos that made up the court. Only the Oxfordians have a legitimate explanation for this, and that is the support of de Vere as the true author of Shakespeare’s plays.