Another piece of evidence to Shakespeare's possible illiteracy is the evidence found from an examination of the six, known, signatures from legal 5 documents, in which, it was found that William Shakspere was unfamiliar with writing his own name, especially his last name (Whalen 19). How, then, could such a profound writer be inexperienced in writing his own name? ... However, it is known that he owned shares in the Globe Theatre, that he was involved in real estate, and there is no record of him ever being paid or given credit for writing anything. ...

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