For four hundred years, doubts have been recorded about whether William Shakespeare actually wrote the works attributed to him. This website offers the chance to explore different arguments for the most prominent authorship candidates. Cases are presented for the following:
Group Theory of Authorship,
Francis Bacon,
Edward de Vere,
Roger Manners,
Christopher Marlowe,
Henry Neville,
William Shakspere,
Mary Sidney Herbert,
and William Stanley.
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We hope this website serves as a crossroads and meeting place. If you don't know what the fuss is about go to Why the Question? and read the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt. Who we are and What we do will tell you of our past activities and future plans. If you are interested in finding out more, upcoming lectures and related events can be found under News and Events. If you want to go straight to your favourite candidate just click on the face or name. If you cannot find your candidate here and know of a website we could link to here at the crossroads, contact us.
Yours in doubt
Mark Rylance
Chairman of the Shakespearean Authorship Trust
Last Will. & Testament, the major documentary which had an advance
screening at last year's SAT Gathering held at Shakespeare's Globe in November 2011,
will be shown on Sky Arts 2 on 21st April at 8:00pm, more.
For further information on the advance screening of the film, which was shown at our SAT Gathering in November at Shakespeare's Globe, go to our Conference page, or see the following item:
Shakespearean Authorship Trust Conference Alert:
Last Will. & Testament
Join the SAT on Sunday 27 November, 2011 for its annual one-day conference, held in collaboration with Brunel University, at Shakespeare's Globe. This year we have an advance screening of First Folio Pictures' new documentary on the authorship question, Last Will. & Testament. The screening will be followed by presentations and panel discussions. Author Diana Price, Professor Roger Stritmatter, and Director Lisa Wilson will be joining us from America, while home-grown talent Sir Derek Jacobi* and Vanessa Redgrave* will offer commentary and debate alongside SAT trustees Mark Rylance, William Leahy and Charles Beauclerk, more.
* subject to availability
Shakespearean Collections at Brunel University
These collections, donated by the De Vere Society and the Shakespearean Authorship Trust, are now located in Brunel University Library and are accessible to the public by appointment, more.
Shakespeare Authorship Debate held at the English-Speaking Union on June 6th
2011, more.
New Publications, more.
