Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff?
The podcast dives into the centuries-old debate over whether William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon actually wrote the plays and poems attributed to him, exploring the lack of concrete evidence, the elitist undertones of the skepticism, and the surprising number of alternative candida
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