Did Shakespeare really exist or did other authors write his works?

Answer 1

he definitely existed, but there have been questions raised about authorship of his works. For one thing, various of his signatures do not match, and his name is spelled various ways. The 17th Earl of Oxford and Christopher Marlowe are among candidates for writing his works. One argument is that Shakespeare was educated well enough or cultured enough to have written this stuff. But most of his works were almost plagiarized, which was legal then, so he didn't actually have the information in his own head anyway. What Shakespeare did was to communicate his words in a brilliant way. Hamlet was actually based of off another work, and today would be considered plagiarized, but the original work is crap! Shakespeare took these stories and made them beautiful, especially his sonnets. The vast majority of scholars do believe Shakespeare wrote his own stuff.

Answer 2

Yes, Shakespeare did exist, but his credibility in writing his famous works is questionable. There are now rumors that a supposed tutor of his, Sir Henry Neville, in fact wrote many of the plays. For example, the play "Romeo and Juliet" was not original, but rather a poem written by Arthur Brooke, "Romeus and Juliet," published two years before Shakespeare was even born. But you also must consider, that there were no copyright laws until generations later, and thus fellow authors and playwrights borrowed and adapted works of others. So yes, Shakespeare existed, but he may have based his works or stole from other authors.

Answer 3

There is enough evidence to convince me that Shakespeare really wrote the works attributed to him. There is not a single piece of evidence to tie anyone else to his works (other than collaborations).
Sometimes the "evidence" anti-Stratfordians use is puzzles and codes, which can be interpreted in so many different ways, that's why there are dozens of other candidates.
Sometimes they point out that Shakespeare set many plays in Italy, so of course he must've travelled there, and therefore been a rich courtier. However, it's been amply proven and documented that all of Shakespeare's knowledge of Italy came from books available in London at the time.

Answer 4

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), `The Bard of Avon', English poet and playwright wrote the famous 154 Sonnets and numerous highly successful oft quoted dramatic works including the tragedy of the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet

Answer 5

Shakespeare really existed. Ive studied his family tree, and there is no way he couldn'tve existed.

Answer 6

I never met the author.. dated his sister Sarah for a while.. but she said that Will was really off the deep end of the pool and he couldn't swim... hahaahahahaha!!! Just Kidding!!!

Yes, he existed... and he wrote a LOT of interesting plays.

Answer 7

of course he did really exist. he married a girl 5 yrs. elder 2 him and also had twin sons. and do u know sumthin? the world renowned 'bard of avon' just had primary education from a grammar school.

Answer 8

Yes, he really did exsist in late 1500-1600 England.

Answer 9

I don't think anyone questions whether the man from Avon lived or not. What some people question is whether he wrote the works attributed to him.

Answer 10

Fame isn't important and the problem isn't worth worrying about. What is important is what can be learned from the works produced.