A majority of 'orthodox Stratfordians’ or Oxfordians will,
The YouTube source excerpt presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of the scribe Ralph Crane in the creation of the Shakespeare First Folio, arguing that he was not merely the key copyist but in fact the true or real author Shakespeare (identical with Christopher Marlowe).
The Video bases this claim on a interpretation of Crane’s own writings, the prefaces to his single work The Works of Mercy (1621) / (2nd Edition-->The Pilgrim’s New Year’s Gift (1625), in which Crane is said to provide allegorical hints of a hidden life and a change of identity.
In particular, a modified passage in the second edition is interpreted as a startling confession in which Crane allegedly claims that the man buried in the Stratford monument is “not dead,” thereby supporting the Marlowe theory and identifying Crane as the first editor and the ‚TRUE‘ Shakespeare.
The source further highlights Crane’s professional connections to lawyers, the Privy Council, and the theatre in order to explain his secret identity and life in exile.
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