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Based on several sources, it can be proven that Francis Bacon did not write the plays and poetry attributed to him. Most academics agree that William Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare. Evidence that he wrote this came from the Parish records. The Bard who is equally given credit wrote the First Folio of 1623. This is great evidence that William Shakespeare was the author of Shakespeare. Edward De Vere, an aristocratic man, is believed by Oxfordians to have written Shakespeare. His poetic works are very similar to William Shakespeare. It is believed that De Vere wrote the plays under the pseudonym of Shakespeare. Christopher Marlowe is a canidate but not a very strong one. One reason why he is a bad canidate is because he died in 1593. All of his plays were published after his death and attributed to him. Marlowe has little to do with the bard which also makes him a poor canidate. In conclusion, most academics think there is a lot of facts that are working against Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon could be the author but there is a very poor chance that he could be the author. People truly think William Shakespeare wrote the plays. But a lot of people also think that Edward De Vere is a close second.

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Based on the websites www.home.att.net/~tleary/homea.htm and www.iep.utm.edu/b/bacon.htm, it can be proven that Sir Francis Bacon wrote the plays and poetry attributed to William Shakespeare.

First, Francis Bacon was a well educated man. He went to Trinity College, Cambridge at just the age of twelve. In 1576 he began studying law. He completed his law degree in 1582. Unlike William Shakespeare there are records of Bacon being educated. In fact there are no records of Shakespear's life at all.

Next, Bacon was the only one still living when twenty new plays were added to the 1623 First Folio edition. It can be proven that William Shakespeare had been dead for seven years, Edward de Vere for nineteen years, and Christopher Marlow for thirty years. That means that none of them could have written the plays.

Finally, Bacon could have written the plays and poems because he used a nom de plume. On the "Northumberlm Manuscript" Bacon used the name Francis William Shalespeare as a nom de plume.

In conclusion, Sir Francis Bacon wrote the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare, for the above reasons.

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Mrs. Hall Francis Bacon Discussion

There is a lot of information out there that says that Shakespeare did not write his own plays. There is a lot stating that Francis Bacon was the one that wrote all of Shakespeare’s plays. In the 1623 edition of the First Folio there was 20 new plays. At that time Shakespeare had been dead for 7 years, Edward De Vere was dead for 19 years and Christopher Marlowe for 30 years. Francis Bacon was still alive. Now saying that these plays are new means that none of those three men could’ve written those plays except Francis Bacon. This gives good reason to think that Francis wrote the plays rather than Shakespeare. Another reason to think that Francis Bacon wrote the plays is that there is no record that Shakespeare was an educated man. Francis Bacon was very educated. There is no way that Shakespeare would be able to write all those amazing plays without being educated. Some major proof that Bacon wrote the plays, was the “Northumberland Manuscript”. It had both Shakespeare and Francis’s names on it. It read “ Francis William Shakespeare” and “essays by the same other”. This is very good proof that Sir Francis Bacon used the name “Shakespeare” as a nom de plume. That means that he used it as a cover name or a fake name. There is a lot of information pointing to Sir Francis Bacon as him being Shakespeare. There is a lot of controversy on whether it is true or not.