Did Bacon write Shakespeare's plays?

The case for Bacon's authorship was first made by an American author, Delia Bacon – no relation. read more

The Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship holds that Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher, essayist and scientist, wrote the plays which were publicly attributed to William Shakespeare. read more

While people had questioned Shakespeare’s authorship, she was the first person to name an alternative, though she believed that Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s plays in collaboration with other leading minds of the time, like Sir Walter Raleigh and Edmund Spenser. read more