There is absolutely NO WAY Shakespeare was a dude or even one person.
I have a very concise and totally biased theory that is in no way proven but I expect everyone to accept as fact, much like many scientific assertions.
Shakespeare's writings can be broken up three ways (I'm reaching WAY back into my college days now so bear with me) and its easy. Beginning, middle and end of his career.
Now, it is not completely certain that he was in fact the same William Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon, because his birth certificate is no where to be found, but in fact his baptismal date was April 23, 1564, and not his actual birthday. AND the baptismal form is smudged and the date is not entirely certain.
He shows up years later, from an illiterate family, and begins writing eloquent meter and rhyme as if he was educated with the royal family. He was a commoner like everyone else. Where did he get his vocabulary and the ability to create new words and phrases?
Back to his works. I find it hard to believe that this "man" wrote so gaily and freely in the beginning of his career, then as it progressed he got darker and even insulted the dignitaries and kings by the end. Without being beheaded. Maybe it's because no one could locate him.
In addition he has all those sonnets. All of which do not relate much back to his writings, and he wrote about boys... which is sick and twisted if he was in fact a dude.
I think, that Shakespeare was not just one person but a group a people that were all or included women. Back then, women weren't allowed to be anything other than baby-makers, and that's stupid. So the brilliant minds of women went unnoticed by most because they weren't allowed to be prominent in anything other than baby-making.
So while we sit here hundreds of years later reading the exquisite writing of the best literary mind (or minds) of all time, it makes me wonder; what if Shakespeare is England's best kept secret?
Food for thought, while I eat lunch.
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