Did the Bard work alone?

This is a hotly debated subject in the scholarly world, in part, because we never like to think anyone as wonderful as William Shakespeare might not have created everything we think he did. A new computer software program at the University of London, which was designed to catch plagiarizing students (this should even more upsetting to Shakespeare purists!), purports to prove that at least one of Shakespeare’s plays, The Reign of King Edward III, was written in collaboration. The majority of the play appears to be playwright Thomas Kyd’s creation.

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Reference: The Huffington Post, 10-13-09, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/13/william-shakespeare-compu_n_318589.html.