Dar Hal:

Condolences.  I was very curious about this odd idea that Oxford wrote 
Shakespeare and did some reading into this area at one point.   The thing 
that really made me laugh – literally – was reading some of the poetry 
attributed to the Earl of Oxford (you can find this on the pro-Oxford sites 
so they don't deny the earl wrote it).  Part way through the third poem I 
could not stop laughing.  People think this amateur wrote the works of 
Shakespeare?  Of course the Oxford supporters will claim the earl wrote that 
mediocre poetry so no one would guess he was the genius behind the poetry of 
Shakespeare – because no self-respecting aristocrat would like to be known 
as a literary genius.  They’d much rather be known as a barely competent 
dabbler.

Best,

Sean Russell