Welcome to the Facebook page for fans of Mark Anderson's “Shakespeare” By Another Name, the epic biography of an Elizabethan courtly poet-playwright named Edward de Vere. Now available in paperback.

Weaving together a wealth of evidence uncovered in more than ten years of research, “Shakespeare” By Another Name brings to life the colorful figure of Edward de Vere whose life story presents countless mirror images in The Bard's plays and poems. “Shakespeare” By Another Name also assembles literally hundreds of sometimes overlooked and sometimes entirely new pieces of evidence that point toward the remarkable conclusion that Edward de Vere was “Shakespeare.”

“Deserves serious attention,” says The New York Times of “Shakespeare” By Another Name.

“Makes a compelling case... Especially impressive,” says The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“Quite a compelling argument,” says The Chicago Sun-Times.

“One of the most fascinating theatre-related books I have ever read. An absolutely first-rate piece of sleuthing and an absolutely first-rate read,” says Don Rubin, professor and director of the Graduate Program in Theatre Studies at York University (Toronto) and editor-in-chief of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre (Routledge).

“Makes a convincing argument that the brilliant, rather tormented Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford—not Shakespeare—was the dramatist ... draws powerful connections between Shakespeare's plays and the life of de Vere,” says USA Today.

“Fresh, original research,” says The Boston Globe.

“A wake-up call!” says Kristin Linklater, professor of Theatre Arts at Columbia University.

“One of the very best whodunnits you will ever read,” says the acclaimed Shakespearean actor Sir Derek Jacobi, who wrote the book's foreword.

“Shakespeare” By Another Name is, simply, the first ever popular literary biography of “Shakespeare”—as the Bard's identity is coming to be recognized in the epic life of Edward de Vere.

“Shakespeare” By Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, The Man Who Was Shakespeare is published by Gotham Books/Penguin Group USA in North America (hardback 2005, paperback Aug. 2006). The foreword is by Sir Derek Jacobi. (read less)

Welcome to the Facebook page for fans of Mark Anderson's “Shakespeare” By Another Name, the epic biography of an Elizabethan courtly poet-playwright named Edward de Vere. Now available in paperback.

Weaving together a wealth of evidence uncovered in more than ten years of research, “Shakespeare” By Another Name brings to life the colorful figure of Edward de Vere whose life story presents countless mirror images in The Bard's plays and poems. “Shakespeare” By Another Name also assembles... (read more)