There was a controversy at one time whether particular works by William Shakespeare were actually his or if those works actually belonged to author such as Francis Bacon, a statesman.
Some people think that others wrote Shakespeare's plays such as Francis Bacon.
Francis Bacon.
No, Sir Francis Bacon had little interest in the theatre. His writing, although intellectually powerful, is primarily in Latin and is dry and dull. It is nothing like Shakespeare's. His name was advanced by the mid-nineteenth century crackpot Miss Delia Bacon who came up with the notion that someone other than Shakespeare wrote his plays, and proposed Sir Francis because he was a contemporary of Shakespeare's and he had the same last name as she did.
There is no proof whatsoever that Bacon ever wrote any of Shakespeare's works. Indeed, it is a ridiculous idea if you compare the things Bacon wrote with those Shakespeare did. The styles are totally different. It's like saying the works of James Joyce were written by Stephen Hawking. The Baconians, like their latter-day successors, the Oxfordians, offered up as the main "proof" of their goofy theory an elaborate code or cipher in which Bacon's authorship was secretly revealed in Shakespeare's First Folio.
February 4, 1999 No Bed For Bacon (1941)
There is no character called Bacon in any of Shakespeare's plays. The only people called Bacon who are in any way associated with Shakespeare are Delia Bacon and Francis Bacon. Delia Bacon was a Victorian nutjob who concluded from feelings and intuitions that Shakespeare had not actually written his own plays, but that they had in fact been written by her namesake Francis Bacon, who was indeed more or less contemporary with Shakespeare, but showed no interest in drama or poetry, being much more interested in the dry and unemotional fields of law and science. Nobody nowadays believes that Francis Bacon had anything to do with Shakespeare, but Delia Bacon may be considered to be the mother of Antistratfordianism, and her methodology has been adopted by many another Antistratfordian.
Some people think that others wrote Shakespeare's plays such as Francis Bacon.
Bacon outlived Shakespeare by ten years. Marlowe was killed by a man called Ingram Frizer.
Nope. This theory was advanced by a Miss Bacon, a nineteenth-century American looney, who thought it would be fun if Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare and that they were instead written by her namesake Francis Bacon. Unfortunately, Francis Bacon was a tedious lawyer who was not fond of theatre, and whose writings show not a scintilla of literary talent. The evidence is overwhelming that the author of Shakespeare's works was, in fact, Shakespeare.
Francis Bacon was an important diplomat and scientist who was around at about the same time as Shakespeare. A few people think Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays. This makes about as much sense as thinking that Dr. Steven Hawking used to play lead guitar with the Beatles.
Delia Salter Bacon has written: 'The philosophy of the plays of Shakespeare unfolded'
Francis Bacon.
No they are not the same. However, many researches and theories say that Francis Bacon, who wrote poetry, philosophy and advances scientific theories, used to write shakespeare's plays.
I know that he was around at the time of Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I.
Mysteries surrounding Francis Bacon : Rumors have constantly circulated about the parentage of Francis Bacon - it is said that his father was Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and his mother was in fact Queen Elizabeth I. Francis Bacon is also a noted contender in the William Shakespeare Identity debate - he is believed by some to be the author of the plays accredited to William Shakespeare
Mysteries surrounding Francis Bacon : Rumors have constantly circulated about the parentage of Francis Bacon - it is said that his father was Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and his mother was in fact Queen Elizabeth I. Francis Bacon is also a noted contender in the William Shakespeare Identity debate - he is believed by some to be the author of the plays accredited to William Shakespeare
No, Sir Francis Bacon had little interest in the theatre. His writing, although intellectually powerful, is primarily in Latin and is dry and dull. It is nothing like Shakespeare's. His name was advanced by the mid-nineteenth century crackpot Miss Delia Bacon who came up with the notion that someone other than Shakespeare wrote his plays, and proposed Sir Francis because he was a contemporary of Shakespeare's and he had the same last name as she did.