It is actually quite interesting and fun to read up on. But please do remember to apply Occam's razor liberally when researching. Fun and seductive as it might

It is actually quite interesting and fun to read up on. But please do remember to apply Occam's razor liberally when researching. Fun and seductive as it might be to puzzle together a historical whodunnit from the lives of contemporaries and see if a theory can stick, there has never been a real reason to discard the notion that William Shakespeare was simply William Shakespeare. It is still by far the simplest answer that leaves the fewest gaps.