Wendy Fitzgerald: How I Became an Oxfordian
A year ago, lucky enough to live near Titchfield Abbey, home of the Earls of Southampton, I wandered around the deserted ruins reading aloud from
A year ago, lucky enough to live near Titchfield Abbey, home of the Earls of Southampton, I wandered around the deserted ruins reading aloud from
It started with the strange coincidence of two authors with the same name: James Shapiro. One of them writes about Evolutionary Psychology, my field of
The first time I saw a full-length Shakespearean production was at my Junior High School almost sixty years ago. The director was Mr. C, a
During a series of leg exercises recommended by a physical therapist I became so bored that I leaned over to a bookcase and took the
In high school or college, I heard there were doubts. My husband Norm’s grandmother was a Dever, which she said was derived from de Vere. So
July 10, 2018 For about 30 years, I had only computers and PCs in mind. I joined IBM in 1969, having worked for them from
May 22, 2018 In the summer of 1974 a nationally syndicated columnist, Sydney J. Harris, published a piece in the Detroit Free Press called, “Some
February 27, 2018 The author “William Shakespeare” is woven through my family history. My future mom and dad acted together in an outdoor college production
I’m a gay writer, meaning not only that I am gay but I often write about gay subject matter. Gay characters are the heroes of
Perhaps you are expecting a biographical profile that explains how I became a scholar of the mysteries of Shakespeare? Not exactly. I received a great
I discovered Edward de Vere in a history class at Harvard University in 1997. Professor Don Ostrowski suggested the authorship question as a topic for
This is another article from our archives. It was originally published in our newsletter in Fall 1983. Phillip Proulx ran a bookkeeping service in the
January 19, 1931 (republished on the SOF website, July 18, 2017) Eva Turner Clark, the author of Hidden Allusions in Shakespeare’s Plays (1930), became an
Our interest in Shakespeare started with the theatre in Germany, where we attended performances of favourite authors, such as Čechov, Ibsen, Schiller, and, mostly, Shakespeare.
My path to becoming an Oxfordian began in 1995, when I came across a book by Richard Whalen titled “Shakespeare: WHO WAS HE? The Oxford
It began, for me, while acting in college productions of Othello and Hamlet. I fell in love with the characters, words, scenes and how the
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