StratFraud

Something is rotten in the state of Stratford-upon-Avon.

Oct 29, 2023

INTRODUCTION

The name 'William Shakespeare' started as a pen name and developed into a brand. The man from Stratford, William Shaksper, started as a frontman for the author(s) using the pen name and has developed into a brand mascot.

The pen name was used by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, and possibly others because of dérogeance and also for political reasons.

Dérogeance was a significant social and, at times, legal constraint on the nobility. It essentially meant a loss of noble status and its associated privilege if a nobleman engaged in certain activities deemed ‘unbecoming’ of their rank. Writing plays for the London theatre was definitely unbecoming of an earl.

You need to distinguish between William Shaksper of Stratford-upon-Avon and William Shakespeare, the pen name of the real author(s) of the plays and poems.

The main real author was Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, as explained by Alexander Waugh:

https://www.youtube.com/@alexanderwaugh7

Some people in Stratford-upon-Avon continue to make a good living from a fraud that was exposed many years ago. A nice little earner that Arthur Daley would have been proud to think up.

“Shake-speare (with a hyphen) might be a brand name. Not a front for another person. Just a publishing device to sell work by different authors under a well-known name." Barry R. Clarke

There is also evidence that Francis Bacon had a hand in some of the works.

Top 18 Reasons Why Edward de Vere (Oxford) Was Shakespeare

Castle Hedingham in Essex has the claim to be the birthplace of the real author of most, if not all, of the works written under the pen name ‘William Shakespeare‘.

“There are more things in heaven and earth…” Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.

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