there's an interesting theory that shakespeare was actually francis bacon. it's pretty compelling, and also fits your narrative.

an example of some of the support cited is stuff like, "shakespeare wouldn't be so familiar with some of the subjects in the plays like details of the royalty, whereas francis bacon would since he was the head of the Elizabethan intelligence service." that fact alone should set off some alarms. seems like intelligence agencies are still pushing the same agendas :)

that said, i actually enjoy some of shakespeare's works myself XD