The Shakespeare authorship question espouses the view that the works attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon were actually written by one or more different authors.

Authorship doubters believe that William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, as a commoner with no university education, lacked the erudition to produce the plethora of works attributed to him.

Many believe that such contemporary figures as Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon, or Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, were responsible, either individually, or collectively, for the works attributed to Shakespeare.

W.S.was an esoterician.
His real name was Francis Bacon,and he was the son of Elisabeth I an the greve of Essex.
His works are not understood by "ordinary people".
Only esotericians know what it is all about.

John Dee sits at the middle of the controversy and is the key to understanding what was going on intelectually in the late Tudor era. When Dee died his entire library, which was massive and very esoteric was scattered but while he was alive many people had access especially Marlowe, DeVere/Oxford, Burleigh, and others in the circle. To say that Bacon was the only author is as absurd as insisting WS wrote everything by himself.