There are many people on Earth, who claim that the plays which are given the credit by critics and laymen to have been written by none-other-than Shakespeare are not written by BARD, or Bard-of-Stratford, as he is better known as, and is the highest selling playwright, not only, but also the best-seller author. Even I have such misgivings. Can someone clarify?

Kahani, I don't think anyone ever doubted that Shakespeare wrote his plays himself. 'bard' is a name given to writers of songs, poems, books and plays in the l500s. However, he is the foremost 'Bard' in english literature.

Tick

Kahani, you might enjoy reading this Wikipedia article --

Shakespeare authorship question - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_authorship_question)

To be perfectly honest, it is virtually impossible to ascertain if a person known as William Shakespear wrote all of the play attributed to him.
Remember they are over 400 years old..