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Question: Other Writers that wrote at the same time as shakespeare!?
and could they have help shakespeare with his plays!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Ben Jonson and Sir Francis Bacon were Shakespeare contemporaries!. And some people do believe that one or both of them either wrote or co-wrote Shakespeare's plays!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, that's a theory that's been bandied about for years!. There are people who say Shakespeare's plays were written by a group, and that he might not have contributed at all to them!. I don't know if I believe it or not!. But!.!.!.prominent writers and playwrights at Shakespeare's time include Christopher Marlowe (whom some conspiracy theorists believe might have written as Shakespeare, though their styles don't match), Thomas Mash, and Robert Greene!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Some have proposed that Francis Bacon authored some of Shakespeare's works, but most authorities believe that ALL that we credit to Shakespeare were actually written by Shakespeare!.

You might want to read Bacon's New Atlantis or his Essays!. I particularly like his Essay on Books!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Christopher Marlowe comes to mind!. Below is a website that lists a lot of Shakespeare's contemporaries!.Www@QuestionHome@Com