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Why don't some people think Shakespeare wrote his plays? Select all that apply.

The quality of his work improved after Christopher Marlowe's "death."
He was probably not in London when most of the plays were written.
He lacked a college education.
Shakespeare of Stratford could not have known the customs and manner of the upper class.
There is no record of someone named "William Shakespeare" working in the theater.
There was no name written on any of the manuscripts.

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there are a few reasons why people think that he didn't write his plays. one being there was no name written, another being that  there was no record of him. thats the only ones i know:)
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Answer:

  • There is no record of someone named "William Shakespeare" working in the theater.
  • There was no name written on any of the manuscripts.

Step-by-step explanation:

Anti Stratfordians say that nothing in the narrative record unequivocally distinguishes Shakespeare as an essayist; that the proof rather bolsters a profession as a businessperson and land speculator; that any conspicuousness he may have had in the London showy world (beside his job as a front for the genuine writer) was a result of his cash loaning, exchanging dramatic properties, acting, and being an investor. They additionally trust that any proof of a scholarly vocation was distorted as a major aspect of the push to shield the genuine creator's character.

In his surviving signatures William Shakespeare did not spell his name as it shows up on most Shakespeare cover sheets. His surname was spelled conflictingly in both abstract and non-artistic reports, with the most variety saw in those that were composed by hand. This is taken as proof that he was not the same individual who composed the works and that the name was utilized as a nom de plume the genuine creator.

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