The modern scholarly consensus rejects the identification of "W. S." with Shakespeare; alternative candidates have been proposed in the form of the obscure Jacobean dramatists Wentworth Smith and William Smith, though solely on the strength of the common initials.
The modern scholarly consensus rejects the identification of "W. S." with Shakespeare. Alternative candidates have been proposed in the form of the obscure Jacobean dramatists Wentworth Smith and William Smith solely on the strength of the common initials. This was though.