Prepared by the noble company over at The Shakespeare Fellowship, here is one of my favorite entry-level articles on the Authorship Question. In fact, it is a brief Q&A article which everyone interested in Shakespeare (which should include everyone interested in language, literature, life...you name it!) would do well to scan.
And, while you're at it, the Fellowship also provides a little visual trip through the Shakespeare Skeptics Hall of Fame that's kinda' fun.
