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Who wrote Shakespeare?
1. Read the article that follows and fill in the words are given:
April, could, appear, Edward, poetry, things, greatest, about, an, people, are,
wrote, Hamlet, the
The great Shakespeare controversy:
Who really wrote Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare. England's_____ writer, was responsible for 39 plays and some of the most
fantastic_____ ever written. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23______ 1564. Later he
went to London where he_____, and acted in. plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth,
______ and the Tempest. He died in Stratford in 1616, but films are still being
made______ him and his work 400 years later.
However, some______ don't believe that William Shakespeare of Stratford______ have written
the plays. They say that he wasn't educated well enough to know about all the______
mentioned in the plays. Besides, there______ no manuscripts in Shakespeare's
handwriting, and his name didn't even______ on many of his plays until after his death.
One group of people argues that_____ plays must have been written by______ de Vere, the
Earl of Oxford. He wasn't allowed to use his own name, because he was ______ aristocrat,
and so he chose 'Shakespeare' as a pseudonym.