{"id":9107,"date":"2025-03-31T21:25:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T01:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9107"},"modified":"2025-03-31T21:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T01:35:11","slug":"drew-lichtenberg-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9107","title":{"rendered":"Derek Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2295\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9107-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/DerekHunter.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/DerekHunter.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/DerekHunter.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p 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What better way to explore the rich world of Shakespeare\u2019s contemporaries than by investigating who might have truly penned the plays? Our guest, author <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Derek Hunter<\/a>, has spent over thirty years pursuing the possibilities. His tetralogy,\u00a0<em>Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists<\/em>, presents four compelling theories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amazon:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Agnostic-Antichrists-Derek-Hunter-ebook\/dp\/B0CDYPRDHX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Anonymouse Agnostic Antichrists<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/DerekHunter.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | Youtube Music | RSS Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists March 31, 2025 The Authorship Question may ebb and flow in popularity, but the mystery behind the origins of the Bard\u2019s works remains endlessly intriguing. 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