Thanks for the useful summary of the question of authorship. It's easy to call the doubters "cranks," but they have some powerful arguments, particularly for Oxford. If I were going to dig up any bodies I'd start with his, not that of the guy who didn't leave even a pen to anybody in his will.
That's funny, seeing as there is literally not one shred of evidence that Shakespeare was somebody's fake name.
If I were going to dig up any bodies I'd start with his, not that of the guy who didn't leave even a pen to anybody in his will.
We have wills from fourteen other playwrights besides Shakespeare. Only three mention books. People who put forth this lack of detail like it means anything just show their ignorance of the period. http://shakespeareauthorship.com/shaxwill.html