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1. I thought it was entirely plausible that Shakespeare was simply a pen name

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:09 AM

Apr 2025

with a number of potential actual people behind it.

Not that I subscribe to such theories, but there are some valid points.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_authorship_question

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