by J. Anthony Burton. The subject of inheritance is the principal idea behind several important scenes, including the nature of the disappointed “hopes” Hamlet includes, along with murder, incest, and attempted murder, in his list of justifications for killing Claudius
by J. Anthony Burton Part II (published in the Shakespeare Newsletter of Claremont McKenna College, Volume 50, No. 4 Winter 2000–01; reprinted on the SOF
by J. Anthony Burton. The theme of lost inheritance has a special but limited function within the larger framework of the play. It does not, of course, displace or even compete with the central theme of revenge or, more properly, justice. Inheritance works as a sort of unifying preoccupation
by Professor Daniel L. Wright, Ph.D. Editorial Note: This article was originally published as “‘He was a scholar and a ripe and good one’: The
Excerpts from Is Shakespeare Dead by Mark Twain, an exploration of the Shakespeare authorship question originally published in 1909. [The full text of Mark Twain’s
by Joseph Sobran This article was first published in the January 1996 newsletter of the De Vere Society. Sobran included the substance of his findings
by Mark Alexander. A look at the history and scholarship on Shakespeare’s knowledge of the law. Alexander’s analysis reveals Shakespeare’s legal knowledge is sophisticated and deep, and that it is his critics who’ve got it wrong.
by Mark Alexander. A scene by scene analysis of legal themes and allusions in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
by Robert Detobel Fidelio: Here’s the pen, captain: your name to the sale. Captain: ‘S foot, dost take me to be penman? … Fidelio: Take
by Charlton Ogburn Jr. This essay was posted on the Shakespeare Oxford Society (now SOF) website on September 9, 2005, and represents an enlightening summary
by Daniel Wright, PhD Reprinted by permission of the author from the Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter, Spring 2000 No scholar of any merit disputes that
by Lynne Kositsky and Roger Stritmatter September 12, 2004 In an undated internet essay by Mr. Tom Reedy and Dr. David Kathman, “How We Know
by Alex McNeil September 9, 2002 If there’s one thing Oxfordians can agree on, it’s that Edward de Vere used an alias as a professional
by Charles Wisner Barrell Reprinted from the October 1944 issue of The Shakespeare Fellowship Quarterly To prove beyond reasonable doubt that the poet- playwright Earl
by Eva Turner Clarke Excerpted from Eva Turner Clarke’s 1933 book, The Satirical Comedy Love’s Labour’s Lost (New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1933), 129-135.
Master Apis Lapis Charles Wisner Barrell, writing in the October 1944 issue of The Shakespeare Fellowship Quarterly, exposed for the first time a reality with
