Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown

This work examines the Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship. The theory holds that philosopher, essayist and scientist Sir Francis Bacon wrote the plays publicly attributed to William Shakespeare. The writer offers various explanations for this alleged fraud. Content includes: The Baconian and Anti-Willian Positions The «Silence» about Shakespeare That Impossible He—The Schooling of Shakespeare Mr. Collins on Shakespeare's Learning Shakespeare, Genius, and Society The Courtly Plays: «Love's Labour's Lost» Contemporary Recognition of Will as Author «The Silence of Philip Henslowe» The Later Life of Shakespeare—His Monument and Portraits «The Traditional Shakspere» The First Folio Ben Jonson and Shakespeare The Preoccupations of Bacon