Complex sentence: The modern scholarly consensus rejects the identification of "W. S." with Shakespeare; alternative candidates have been proposed in the form of the obscure Jacobean dramatists Wentworth Smith and William Smith, though solely on the strength of the common initials.
Split into simpler sentences: The modern scholarly consensus rejects the identification of "W. S." with Shakespeare. The obscure Jacobean dramatists Wentworth Smith and William Smith have been proposed as alternative candidates, though solely on the strength of the common initials.