25025 Chrisanta Dr. Mission Viejo, CA 92691 24 March 2005 Mr. Krucli 25025 Chrisanta Dr Mission Viejo, CA 92691 Dear Mr. Krucli, I am emailing you today to state who I think wrote the Shakespeare’s works. Of course we do not believe Shakespeare actually wrote those plays and we believe it was in fact Marlowe who wrote the Shakespeare master pieces. There are many cases of evidence that suggest that Shakespeare did not write his work. For example, Shakespeare took many words, phrases, and forms in his writing. This means that the Shakespeare plays must have been written by a well-educated aristocrat like Marlowe. At the end of May 1593, Christopher Marlowe was England's top poet-dramatist when he was accused of atheism, blasphemy, heresy, illicit coining, treachery and treason. The punishment for such crimes included being boiled alive, burning at the stake, or being hanged, drawn such as being disemboweled and quartered. In other words Marlowe was in a mess of trouble. This gave Marlowe the reason to fake his own death in order to get away. Marlowe was at Cambridge University with the young Earl of Southampton when he was accused of heresy or not believing in god. This all happened just a month before the name "William Shakespeare" first appeared in print. Shakespeare dedicates Venus and Adonis to Southampton which could have been Marlowe thanking the earl for helping him escape. So in conclusion we believe that Christopher Marlowe wrote Shakespeare. Marlowe had a reason to fake his own death, had the ability to write extraordinary plays, and Shakespeare first appeared only one month after his alleged “death”. So with these three reasons I see no reason why Marlowe did not write Shakespeare. Sincerely, Alex Moore Matt Ballmaier Brian Hopp Rory Becerra