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William Shakespeare did. The chances that he did not contribute at least something to all of the plays people attribute to him are infinitesimally small. The evidence is quite clear that:

1. William Shakespeare was a real person who was born and died in Stratford.

2. William Shakespeare from Stratford was a member of the playing company called The Lord Chamberlain's Men and the King's Men and was a close friend with the other members.

3. The plays which were published with Shakespeare's name on them were exclusively associated with the Lord Chamberlain's/ King's Men for as long as he was a member of that company.

4. William Shakespeare was depicted as a writer by those who knew him best within a couple of years of his death.

5. There is no contemporary record of any other person called William Shakespeare who could possibly be mistaken for Shakespeare the writer.

6. Nobody in the history of the world has used the name of a well-known living person as a nom de plume.

Some think that Edward de Vere the 17th Earl of Oxford wrote the plays but there is no good reason to think he did and a number of good reasons to think he didn't.

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Maynard Windler

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