Ghost Writer?

• There is evidence to suggest that Neville wrote many of the Sonnets, including the ones that were addressed to Lord Southampton, while confined to the Tower.




• It is also here that Neville wrote the play, "Hamlet." Later, he published "Shake-speares Sonnets" and wrote the dedication himself. He dedicated the sonnets to Lord Southampton.




• A notebook kept by Neville while in the Tower contained detailed notes that ended up as part of the play, "Henry VIII."




• The Tower experience also explains the shift in the focus of Shakespeare's plays from histories and comedies to the great tragedies, all of which were written after Neville was released from the Tower when James I became the king.




• A document was discovered in 1867 that shows that Neville practiced writing William Shakespeare's name.