Was shakespare hired as a front man?

Answer 1

This idea is a feature of most theories in which Shakespeare's works were written by someone other than Shakespeare. Since it is obvious that to the world the actor and man from Stratford William Shakespeare is apparently the author of the works which have always been attributed to him, it is only possible that someone else wrote the works if that other person had the real Shakespeare pretend to be the author. Presumably Shakespeare would have accepted this offer if a lot of money came with it.

But why would they choose Shakespeare? If they chose him because he was already an established author, then why would the ghost writer write in the style of Shakespeare? And wouldn't Shakespeare himself have continued writing?

And, most perplexingly of all, why should the ghost writer do it at all? Why not simply arrange for the plays to be performed or published anonymously?