Basis for discussion

The Shakespeare authorship question is one that has caught the attention of many famous people: Sigmund freud, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, just to name a few. The reason is clear, there is no factual evidence Wm. Shaksper's background would give him the criteria for authorship. He only had a basic grammar school education that ended at the age of 13. His father, wife and daughters were all illiterate. When Shaksper arrived in London in 1588, some plays, later contributed to Shakespeare, had already been performed. The only logical argument is the the similarity of names.

Many names have been bandied about, among them include Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Henry Neville, but the most popular candidate with the strongest credentials is Edward deVere, the 17th Earl of Oxford; however, he died too soon (1604) when new plays were still being introduced as late as 1613.

The purpose of this blog is to start a conversation to offer the theory the rightful author could be a woman. Even though the women of that era were not allowed to received an education, there were high-born women who were tudored along side of their brothers. It is difficult to come up with a female candidate because there was so little printed about women 400 years ago, but that still does not eliminate the possibility. Afterall, who had the most to lose if discovered? The most logical answer is a woman. She would have needed a front - who better than an struggling actor. One doesn't have far to look to serioiusly consider a woman because of the strong feminist leanings in many of the plays. Would it not seem more likely a woman would write roles complimentary to women? I would invite students and scholars of Shakespeare to offer support or debunk my theory...