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>I'm not a fan of conspiracy theories, and I dislike when >Shakspeare authorship discussions start sounding like X-Files >material - I've heard a couple that do. The explanation of de >Vere as author make simple sense without much of the flair of >a conspiracy theory.
Some of the De Vere stuff is sound, but there's definitely some arguments that start reaching. (Pretty much any argument where they start looking for codes or clues inside Shakespeare's plays). In the end though, the argument for De Vere is based on many of the same assumptions as the argument for Shakespeare, so it becomes much easier just to assume that the man is who we've always been told the man is.