Match the person to his claim to have written shakespeare's plays. 1. william shakespeare most scholars accept this candidate 2. edward de vere a famous writer who wrote shakespeare's plays on the side of a philosophical and political career 3. francis bacon has biographical information that seems to match some events in shakespeare's work 4. christopher marlowe a spy who faked his death but continued to write plays under the name of shakespeare

1. most scholars accept this candidate - William Shakespeare (although his authorship is debatable, most analytics agree that it was Shakespeare himself who wrote the plays, and not any other pretender)
2. a famous writer who wrote Shakespeare's plays on the side of a philosophical and political career - Francis Bacon (a famous philosopher of the 16th century)
3. has biographical information that seems to match some events in Shakespeare's work - Edward de Vere
4. a spy who faked his death but continued to write plays under the name of Shakespeare - Christopher Marlowe (although it was never confirmed that he was a spy for the Queen, it was still rumored)

The answer is B, He is losing his color or song

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