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It's interesting to follow such discussions and conflicts about the true origins of things, but in this case I am somewhat concerned that because there appears to be no proof (that I've heard) that any of the suspected people are the 'real' author, and so what may occur is that the end result and findings of the Coalition will be that they conclude Shakespeare was "most likely" not the true author, which will cause the Works to lose stature within academia.....they will come to be regarded as "Great Works Of Unknown Authorship". Already, English departments throughout the Western world have become famous in recent decades for denigrating classics which happen to have been written by "dead white males" and are substituting far lesser works by authors of a more Politically Correct skin tone, sexuality and ideological perspective. To be able to redefine Shakespeare's Works as being "of unknown authorship" will provide yet another reason for Leftist profs to work toward removing his works entirely from the curriculum....something that legions of openly and unapologetically Marxist English professors would delighted to do, I'm sure.