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Shakespeare is the most studied author in the English language, and so naturally there are many issues for debate about the plays. Some scholars suggest that Shakespeare was a closet homosexual and this affected his writing. Others suggest that he was a closet Catholic and that this affected the writing of the plays. Other debates have centred around the writing of the plays--whether the ones identified as being by Shakespeare may have been co-written with other authors, or whether plays not identified as Shakespeare's in any contemporary published source may have been his work. Then there are the issues surrounding the sonnets: who is "Mr. W.H.", and who are the sonnets written to (the so-called "fair youth" and "dark lady")?

One issue that is not the subject for academic debate is whether William Shakespeare the playwright was the same person as William Shakespeare of Stratford. All of the evidence supports this. Only conspiracy theorists who claim that there would be contrary evidence except that it has been cunningly destroyed or encoded think that this is an issue.

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