Many theories have been put forward as to 'who wrote Shakespeare', with a slather of candidates going in and out of fashion. But they all face the same objection: Why did they suddenly start writing upon Christopher Marlowe’s purported death, and stop writing when Shakespeare 'retired'? A surviving Marlowe killed not as claimed in a fight over the cost of dinner fits the bill
The doors have closed, the lights have dimmed. They’ve taken the stage. You can’t slip out now. You remain very, very quiet, fearing to be seen or heard. The atmosphere’s electric, the times are dangerous; spies are everywhere, and terrible things can happen to the unwary. Two writers have met .
Machine learning programs have recently made huge advances. Stephen Marche tested one against Shakespeare’s collected works, to see if it could help him figure out which of the several versions of Hamlet’s soliloquy was most likely what the playwright intended.