FRANCIS BACON

A sequel to

EXIT SHAKSPERE

BY
BERTRAM G. THEOBALD, B.A.

Author of

"Shakespeare's Sonnets Unmasked"
"Francis Bacon Concealed and Revealed"
"Exit Shakspere"

THE TRUE" SHAKE-SPEARE"

CECIL PALMER
49 Chandos Street
Covent Garden, London, W.C. 2

1932

CONTENTS

CHAPTER	PAGE
Foreword	V
I. A Vindication of Bacon's Moral Character	1
II. The Approach To The Problem	5
III. Bacon As A Poet : Modern Views	14
IV. Bacon As A Concealed Poet : His Own Admissions	16
V. Bacon As A Concealed Poet: Contemporary Evidence	24
VI. Bacon As A Concealed Poet: Post Humous Eulogies	28
VII. His Mastery of Stagecraft	33
VIII. Both Hall And Marston Identify Him As The Author Of "Venus And Adonis"	38
IX. How Ben Jonson Supports The Baconian Theory. Evidence From His Plays	43
X. Ben Jonson And The 1623 Shakespeare Folio	52
XI. Bacon's Virtual Admission That He Wrote "Richard II"	60
XII. Confirmation Of This From The Northumberland MS.	66
XIII. The Author Revealed In The Play Of "Hamlet"	71
XIV. How The Shakespeare Plays Fit Bacon's Life-Story	78
XV. "Shake-Speare's Sonnets": Remarkable New Evidence	92
XVI. Bacon's "Promus" or Notebook	96
XVII. Unity of Thought And Expression Between Bacon And Shakespeare	100
XVIII. The Author Of The Shakespeare Works Was A Professional Lawyer	106
XIX. Summary And Conclusion	110

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