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Theory 3

Title text: Or maybe Queen Elizabeth did it all, especially after she was dead.

Votey

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[A man with large eyeglasses is speaking and holding his palms slightly outward at the height of his shoulders.]

Caption: "Theories that someone else wrote the works of Shakespeare:"

Man 1: "Well if it wasn't Francis Bacon how did he know any medical references? How did he know about aristocratic life? What about the secret codes hidden on page 112 of the first folio, not to mention this sequence of italics, which if converted to binary, spells a series of bacon-related words!"

[Another man speaks and has his right hand raised with his thumb and index finger forming a C-like shape.]

Caption: "The theory that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare:"

Man 2: "The guy who signed his name Shakespeare, lived during the years Shakespeare made plays, whose plays were published as the works of Shakespeare by friends of Shakespeare, and who was mentioned by critics as Shakespeare, the writer of Shakespeare's plays... that guy was probably Shakespeare."

Votey Transcript

"Please plase send me your detailed hatemail."