Who was Shakespeare? Who was “our ever living poet”? The debate dating back to the 18th century is still going strong! Was Shakespeare a real person or a frontman for some other author(s), or a pseudonym? Was he Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, or Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, or just Will the bard of Stratford-upon-Avon? Are all the plays attributed to him, really his? Visit the following sites and join in the debate! http://www.shakespearefellowship.org/ (suggested from our friend Michael), Shakespeare authorship question, the Oxfordian theory, http://shakespeareauthorship.com/ Search for the clues yourself in the Complete Works of Shakespeare, Shakespeare-online.com, http://absoluteshakespeare.com.Neil Gaiman offers us his magical explanation… that Shakespeare, a struggling playwright then, made a deal with one the Endless, Sandman or Dream, to give him the magic power to write these plays and become the greatest playwright in the world… But he wouldn’t trade his soul! No. In return for this unique gift, Shakespeare was commissioned to write two plays for Sandman, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and of course “The Tempest“…
