By Will, or not by Will, that is the question (Conclusion) – Hi, Edward de Vere!

We are honored to have Tom Woosnam, a Trustee of the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship, as our presenter for this session, which is Part Two of Two.

Last week, Tom presented the evidence to question Shakspere's authorship of the plays attributed to him. This week, he advances the premise of Edward de Vere being the most likely Authorship candidate.

From the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship's website:

In Sum: Stratford's the Problem — Oxford's the Solution
The theory that Shakspere was the author generates endless and puzzling questions. At every turn, the Oxfordian theory provides logical, common-sense answers and clarity.

The lack of explicit “smoking gun” evidence for either Shakspere or Oxford (or any other authorship candidate) is certainly frustrating: It’s why people are still debating this question hundreds of years later.

But the Oxfordian hypothesis explains much better the evidence we have. It rests on solid evidence, mainly circumstantial — which any good lawyer, detective, or scientist will tell you is often the best and most reliable kind. Since the modern proposal of the theory in 1920, it has been confirmed and corroborated by more and more newly discovered and newly analyzed evidence (just some of it summarized here) — the surefire sign that a theory is on the right track.