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Shakespeare Identity Theorist

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

Guess the identity of the woman described below -- and then click on the link below to check your answer.

Actual historical evidence of the man William Shakespeare is meager and seems incongruous with the language and the art of the plays and sonnets attributed to his hand. This woman was one of the earliest to speculate publicly that the author and William Shakespeare might be two different people.

She was...

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