Ross, “Foremost Man of the Kingdom”: reviewed by Jiménez
June 12, 2016
In his opening paragraph, James Ross describes John de Vere, thirteenth Earl of Oxford, as “the last great medieval nobleman.” He continues…
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Earl Showerman reviews Shakespeare & Classical Antiquity by Colin Burrow
June 7, 2016
Colin Burrow, Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, has written widely on the relationship between Renaissance literature and the classics. In his most extended study of this subject, Shakespeare & Classical Antiquity, he argues that “Shakespeare knew …
Hablevych Translates Hamlet’s Law into Ukrainian
June 4, 2016
Independent Shakespeare scholar Maria Hablevych has recently published The Light of Shakespeare’s Temple: Articles, Translations, a collection of her Shakespearean scholarship in Ukrainian. The book
Costello Launches “Shakespeare and the Stars” book in Toronto on June 2
May 30, 2016
Astrologer Priscilla Costello, who spoke at the SOF’s 2013 conference, will launch her new book, Shakespeare and the Stars: The Hidden Astrological Keys to Understanding
Shatilov Translates Twain and Norwood Into Russian
May 25, 2016
Kirill Shatilov, who has translated Romeo and Juliet into Russian, has now also translated Mark Twain’s anti-Stratfordian romp Is Shakespeare Dead? into Russian. The Kindle book
William Ray reviews Ver, Begin by Ricardo Mena
May 23, 2016
To evaluate Ver, begin and the challenge it represents for modern Shakespearean scholarship, we revisit an imperative written by J. Thomas Looney:
We shall first have to dissociate from the [canon] writings the conception of such an author as the steady, complacent, business-like man-of-the-world suggested by the Stratford Shakspere. …
Whittemore reviews Ideas of Order: A Close Reading of Shakespeare’s Sonnets
May 23, 2016
The Sonnets consist of “love poetry that is as passionate, daring, intimate, searing, and lyrical as any that we may ever encounter,” Rudenstine writes, adding that the poems are “more carefully ordered—as a coherent sequence” than most commentators allow, and that “some of the clusters of linked sonnets seem so tightly bound together”
SOF Responds to Omission of Authorship Book from Mark Twain Project
May 12, 2016
The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship recently objected to the current omission of Mark Twain’s masterpiece of Shakespeare authorship skepticism, Is Shakespeare Dead? from the University of California
Charles Pennington: How I Became an Oxfordian
May 10, 2016
I have become an Oxfordian only recently, having pursued the Shakespeare authorship question for two years. With a liberal arts undergraduate degree and two advanced
Earl Showerman: How I Became an Oxfordian
May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016 The first requirement of becoming an Oxfordian is learning to love Shakespeare, both in production and on the page. I became possessed
Shakespeare Authorship Question at Gable Stage
April 30, 2016
April 30, 2016 Tom Regnier gave his presentation, “Did Shakespeare Really Write Shakespeare? Or Did Someone Else?” on April 11, 2016 in Coral Gables, Florida
Brief Chronicles Publishes Special First Folio Edition
April 28, 2016
In response to the many activities marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakspere of Stratford, and particularly in response to the Folger
Report on Toronto Anti-Stratfordians’ Rebuttal to the 400th Anniversary
April 28, 2016
A two-hour look into William Shakespeare’s “unorthodox” biography took place at the Canadian Stage Company’s Berkeley Street Theatre on April 24th from 4 to 6
Joella Werlin: How I Became an Oxfordian
April 19, 2016
A few years back, I was a guest at a duo-piano recital in the elegant Portland home of a prominent arts patron, Mary Tooze. Her
Spreading the Shakespeare Authorship Message in South Florida
April 13, 2016
Tom Regnier has recently appeared on television and in person promoting the Shakespeare Authorship Question in South Florida (Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties). On
Randall Sherman: How I Became an Oxfordian
March 15, 2016
I first became aware of the authorship question back in 1974, when my father, who was an attorney, sent me a copy of the Harvard
