The Washington Post, June 25th, 2004
A literary group on Thursday marked the 400th anniversary of the death of an Elizabethan nobleman they contend was the "true" Shakespeare. The De Vere Society alleges that Edward de Vere penned the 37 plays officially attributed to the master playwright. "He had the education and did the traveling, which Shakespeare did not," said society secretary Richard Malim. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in William Shakespeare's home town of Stratford-Upon-Avon was dismissive of the claim. "It's all nonsense. Edward de Vere did not write the works of Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote the works of Shakespe...
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