BBT tonight!
April 17, 2025
Tonight at 8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific the Blue Boar Tavern regulars, Bonner Cutting, Dorothea Dickerman, Alex McNeil and Phoebe Nir will be joined by
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Can You Lend a Hand?
April 15, 2025
After six years of dedicated service, Rick Foulke will be stepping down as our Treasurer at the end of his second 3-year term. Rick has
Mark your calendars for the next BBT!
April 11, 2025
The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of
The pamphlet war between Edward de Vere and Gabriel Harvey
April 4, 2025
Pamphlet wars were both common and significant during Elizabethan times, serving as a vital medium for public discourse and ideological battles. Pamphlet production surged in
Never trust a Cecil
April 1, 2025
William Cecil, Lord Burghley – called the “master strategist of the Elizabethan Age” – amassed staggering wealth and power through unflagging service to Queen Elizabeth.
Shakespeare Reimagined
March 28, 2025
There has been a flurry of articles recently regarding the place of Shakespeare in a social and cultural context. Critics and supporters can be found
The latest Blue Boar Tavern is now on YouTube
March 18, 2025
Dr. Elisabeth Waugaman, PhD in Medieval French Literature, and Dr. Rima Greenhill, PhD in Russian Literature, come for a drink in the Blue Boar Tavern
Call for papers reminder
March 14, 2025
The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship is now accepting proposals for papers and panels for its upcoming annual conference to be held in New Haven, Connecticut, this
Denver Conference videos updated on YouTube
March 11, 2025
If you want to take a deeper dive into some of the most current research into the Shakespeare Authorship Question and Edward de Vere, 17th
New Haven Conference registration now open!
March 7, 2025
Mark your calendars for September 18 – 21 and place your Conference reservations here! Please note that space is limited, so register now to ensure
Tonight’s Blue Boar Tavern
March 5, 2025
Tonight at 8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific the Blue Boar Tavern invites two special guests to school us in how European politics feature in Shakespeare’s
Roger Stritmatter Audley End BBT now on YouTube
March 4, 2025
Professor Roger Stritmatter’s research at Audley End in Essex, England, revealed handwritten marginalia in 16th century sources for Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” and “Antony and Cleopatra”.
Mark your calendars for the next BBT on March 5
February 28, 2025
“Therefore brave Conquerors, for so you are, That war against your own affections, And the huge Army of the world’s desires – Our late edict
Shakespeare and his Betters
February 25, 2025
Shakespeare and his Betters (1958) was “the first attempt to summarize and answer the whole case against William Shakespeare of Stratford.” William Kent reviews it
Membership renewals
February 21, 2025
Remember when we posted in March 2024 that the SOF is changing to automatic membership renewals? Of course you don’t because none of us do!!
Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable presentation
February 18, 2025
CORAMBIS: “Yet here, Laertes? Aboard, aboard for shame. . . There, my blessings with thee And these few precepts in thy memory: ‘Be thou familiar,
