Exploring the evidence that the works of Shakespeare were written by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

Shake-Speare

Recent Developments in the case for Oxford as Shakespeare

March 13, 2006

This paper by Oxfordian researcher Peter Moore was presented at the Society’s 20th Annual Conference in Minneapolis last October, 1996. Moore reviews the state of the debate in the 1990’s, with advice for Oxfordians on how to debate the issue more effectively, and questions for Stratfordians on some of the many unaddressed weaknesses in the Stratford story, such as the strange case of which came first — Shakespeare’s King John or the anonymous 1591 The Troublesome Reign of King John.

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The Phaeton Sonnet

March 13, 2006

Author and journalist Joseph Sobran examines this distinct anonymous sonnet from 1591 for its “Shakespearean” qualities (qualities which other orthodox scholars have also noted), and concludes that, if it is by Shakespeare, it poses a serious problem for the Stratford attribution of the Shakespeare authorship.

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Testimony of Orazio Cogno before the Venice Inquisition on August 27th, 1577

March 13, 2006

This new translation by Dr. Noemi Magri of the transcript of the Venitian choirboy’s interrogation by local authorities in 1577 reveals that young Orazio’s stay with the Earl of Oxford in 1576-1577 did not involve any “sexual abuse” as is reported on the Oxford and Orazio Cogno section of Prof. Alan H. Nelson’s Home Page. Instead, the concern over Orazio’s being “perverted” (the transcript’s language) has to do with the possibility of his being “converted” to Queen Elizabeth’s faith by “reading prohibited books” or being taught the “doctrine of heretics.”

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Master F. W. D., R. I. P.

March 13, 2006

John Rollett takes a fresh look at Prof. Donald Foster’s award-winning thesis of 10 years ago that the enigma of the Sonnets Dedication was actually nothing more than a typographical error.

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Shakespeare’s Disgrace

March 13, 2006

Joseph Sobran writes about the central thesis to his new book Alias Shakespeare, namely that the Sonnets provide the key evidence that the author of the Shakespeare Canon cannot be the Stratford man, and must be, among all the various claimants, Edward de Vere; and further, that the homosexual relationship revealed in the Sonnets explains the reason for covering up the true authorship.

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Shakespeare and the Fair Youth

March 13, 2006

Charlton Ogburn, Jr. responds to Sobran’s “Shakespeare’s Disgrace” by noting that the homosexual theory doesn’t measure up either to Oxford’s known life, or to what is revealed of the author in all the Shakespeare plays. He considers instead that the controversial alternate theory to the relationship between Shakespeare/Oxford and Southampton (i.e. that they may have been family) is more likely to explain the authorship mystery and the need for preserving his mature works under the “Shake-speare” pseudonym.

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The Earl of Oxford and the Order of the Garter

March 13, 2006

For a different perspective on how shame and disgrace may play into the Shakespeare authorship debate, Oxfordian Peter R. Moore looks at what the annual voting for Knights of the Garter during Elizabeth’s reign may tell us about Oxford’s reputation among his peers during his lifetime, and how that reputation may dovetail with the clear references in the Sonnets to Shakespeare’s own acknowleged shame and disgrace.

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Beauty and the Paradigm

March 13, 2006

Mark Anderson considers the intriguing parallels between art and science in understanding how the true solution to a problem can be “beautiful.”

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Oxford’s Metamorphoses

March 13, 2006

Hank Whittemore explores the core of Shakespeare / Oxford’s being and growth as an artist by looking at his life-long relationship with Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

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The Character of Kent In King Lear

March 13, 2006

Donald LaGreca looks at Kent’s character as something that was perhaps carefully crafted by the author to be a righteous model of his brother-in-law, Peregrine Bertie, Lord Willoughby.

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Of Standins, Pseudonyms, Mummings and Disguisings

March 13, 2006

Hiding behind a mask was more of a commonplace in Elizabethan England than many of us in the 20th century might suspect. Stephanie Hughes presents a brief overview of how the history of public rituals and celebrations played into the development of masques, and eventually, the theater of the times.

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Elizabethan Stage Scenery

March 13, 2006

In 1941 noted Oxfordian researcher Eva Turner Clark examined an oft-ignored aspect of Elizabethan theatre –scenery– and discovered that the records for the Court Revels indicate a clear record of elaborate, expensive stage and costume design. Clark concludes by wondering whether a certain, theatre-addicted, spendthrift earl might have been the artistic and financial force behind the scenery.

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Shakespeare’s Son on Death Row?

March 13, 2006

This article from the Summer 1998 Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter gives an introduction and brief overview of researcher Peter Dickson’s startling, provocative theory about the true political-historical context surrounding the publication of the First Folio, namely that the publication occurred in the midst of a major –but now all but forgotten– historic event: the Spanish Marriage Crisis. Dickson makes a strong case that the First Folio publication project must have been connected with –and influenced by– this political crisis. Such a connection –if borne out over time– could change forever all Shakespearean scholarship (Stratfordian and anti-Stratfordian) on this critical period in English history.

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“Publish We This Peace…”

February 27, 2006

Roger Stritmatter illustrates the explanatory power of Peter Dickson’s theory about the political context of the First Folio publication with this telling look at why –possibly– Cymbeline appears as the last play in the First Folio, a circumstance that has puzzled scholars for decades and for which no good answer has ever been provided.

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“Bestow how, and when you list…”

February 27, 2006

Roger Stritmatter reports on a discovery he first made in 1990 about a connection between the Jaggard firm and the de Vere family, but which –up to now– has never been published. As with Dickson’s First Folio-Marriage Crisis theory, this discovery may also provide a crucial link in finally getting at the true circumstances behind the First Folio publication.

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