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Joseph C. Hart: One of the First Accusers.
In 1848, Hart published The Romance of Yachting. In the novel, thirty-five pages of text presented an argument that was against the idea that all thirty-eight plays assigned to Shakespeare were written by Shakespeare himself. -
Delia Bacon: First to publicize the Question of Shakespeare's Authorship.
Delia Bacon is acknowledged as the first American woman to raise the issue of Shakespeare's authorship in an American Journal. She made an assertion that Shakespeare was not responsible for the plays credited to his name and set out to discover the real autor of the plays. -
Walt Whitman: Presenting his Own Argument.
In Walt Whitman's article, "What Lurks Behind Shakspeare's Historical Plays", he included his opinion on Shakespeare writing the plays and claimed that Shakespeare's plays were undemocratic and in 1891, he created a poem entitled to Shakespeare's controversy. -
Ignatius Donnelly: Providing Evidence Against Shakespeare
Ignatius Donnelly published evidence suggesting that within Shakespeare's play, "The Great Cryptogram", there is clear proof that Sir Francis Bacon was the secret author of the plays. He investigated the similar writing styles and presented comparisons in his novel. Even in the title of his novel, he states, "... in the so-called Shakespeare plays." -
Mark Twain: His Debate on the Controversy
Mark Twain published his autobiography with a section called,"Is Shakespeare Dead? " In this section, he talks about his view on how Shakespeare was not the author of his plays. He shows support to the Baconian theory and also includes the debates he had with his instructor on this topic. -
Scott McGrea: The End of the Authorship Question?
Scott McGrea's published a book called, "The Case for Shakespeare: The End of the Authorship Question", presents a straightforward argument on why Shakespeare is truly the author. McCrea offers a wealth of research couched in the most conversational style. He also shows how many of the assumptions against Shakespeare are false and are just plain statements with no concrete evidcne.
