The Shakespeare/DeVere Controversy Shakespeare is quite possibly the greatest writer of all times, or at least the most renowned. However, doubts that the man William Shakespeare, from Stratford-upon-Avon, was actually the genius that created the amazing works attributed to him, have been circulating for more than two hundred years. Many well-known and respected people have questioned the Stratford man’s abilities to write such works-- including Mark Twain and Sigmund Freud. There are many …showed first 75 words of 1366 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1366 total…writing (1991). Then again, he might not have told any of his family. Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Julius Caesar are great works, but who is the author. Was it the poor illiterate man from Stratford? Was it the well-raised Earl of Oxford, who was experienced in politics and many world cultures? The evidence is provided. One must decide for himself the answer to the greatest question in the history of literature.