by Ramon Jiménez It is well-known that the first references in print that seemed to connect William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon to the playwright William Shakespeare
by Ramon Jiménez In his biography of William Shakespeare, the critic Sir Jonathan Bate wrote: “Gathering what we can from his plays and poems: that
In 2007 the Shakespeare Authorship Coalition (SAC) launched one of the most significant efforts ever to promote and legitimize the authorship question by publishing the
August 10, 2011 — Hilary Roe Metternich has provided a lovely slideshow and summary, available on the Huffington Post, of The Shakespeare Guide to Italy (2011),
by Frank Davis Originally published in the 2009 issue of The Oxfordian Few tracts from Shakespeare’s time have generated more study, comment and controversy than
Editorial Note: This essay was originally published on the SOF website on February 21, 2011. It has been revised and updated and may be cited
“Is That True?” a book review by Warren Hope, Ph.D., written in memory of Charles Wisner Barrell, Craig Huston, Ruth Loyd Miller, and Bronson Feldman
by Andrew Hannas Reprinted by permission of the author from The Shakespeare Oxford Society Newsletter, Winter 1993, Volume 29, No. 1B In attempts to explain
Some characteristics of the author “Shakespeare” revealed in the poems and plays, identified by J. Thomas Looney in “Shakespeare” Identified in Edward de Vere, the
Why are there so many Shakespeare authorship candidates? For many people, an understandable question arises, even if one does begin to doubt the Stratford story:
The so-called “Ashbourne Shakespeare” portrait surfaced in the 19th century at the Ashbourne Free school in Derbyshire. Charles Wisner Barrell, in a controversial 1940 Scientific
What plague is greater than the grief of mind? The grief of mind that eats in every vein; In every vein that leaves such clots
Doth sorrow fret thy soul? O direful sprite. Doth pleasure feed thy heart? O blessed man. Hast thou been happy once? O heavy plight. Are
Wert thou a King yet not command content, Since empire none thy mind could yet suffice, Wert thou obscure still cares would thee torment; But
Were I a king I might command content; Were I obscure unknown would be my cares, And were I dead no thoughts should me torment,
If women could be fair and yet not fond, Or that their love were firm not fickle, still, I would not marvel that they make
