[nickcarraway]

It's a compelling and enjoyable documentary whose thesis is that Shakespeare's plays were actually written by Edward DeVere, Earl of Oxford. Over the years I have heard that suggested, but until I saw this documentary I didn't believe it.

Don't believe it. Don't believe it at all. DeVere's known writing is nothing like Shakespeare's. Shakespeare had a facility with meter unmatched by an other poetry. That's why poets like Worsdworth can tell which lines were written by Shakespeare, and which were filled in by others.

[Oklahoma]

Believe it. Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the works attributed to William Shakespeare. They don’t even know if the glove maker’s son could read and write.