[SpringheelJack]

There is not one shred of evidence that de Vere, Bacon, or anybody else wrote Shakespeare's works.

Anderson says King Lear is actually based on de Vere’s own life experience, dividing up his wealth among his own three daughters.

Utter rot. "King Lear" is based on the account in Holinshed's Chronicles, with tips from an anonymous play published in 1594 called "King Leir".

that de Vere had an extramarital affair that went awry and led to a Montague-and-Capulet-like street war in London.

"Romeo and Juliet" is a dramatization of the 1562 poem by Arthur Brooke called "Romeus and Juliet".

[nopardons]

Exactly so! :-)

[Ken H]

There is not one shred of evidence that de Vere, Bacon, or anybody else wrote Shakespeare's works.

Another example was an original work entitled Julius, Grab Her Before She Get Away, which he shortened to Julius Caesar.