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There are a number of controversies about Shakespeare's life and work. Many of them have the air of having been invented to give academics something to write about. Some of these controversies include whether works attributed to Shakespeare were really written by some other author, or by Shakespeare in collusion with some other author, or whether some plays attributed to some other author were really written by Shakespeare instead. Then there are controversies about Shakespeare's politics, religion and sexual preferences, all of which are futile since we have absolutely no information about Shakespeare's private life or opinions. Arguments about why Shakespeare left his wife the second-best bed or who was "Mr. W.H." to whom the sonnets were dedicated, or the identity of people to whom the sonnets appear to be addressed, or just how sad Shakespeare was about Hamnet's death, or what colour his hair was are just a small sample of the kinds of topic which provide the opportunity for hours of spirited argument and no possible conclusion.

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