[KamperKen]

"The idea that Oxford authored the plays (despite having died in 1604) didn’t originate in a book in the 1980s, it’s at least as old as 1920

I believe Horace Walpole ("Castle of Otranto" author) in the late 18th century also theorized that Edward de Vere was the real author.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks.