Whalen reviews Hope & Holston
December 31, 2009
Review of The Shakespeare Controversy: An Analysis of the Authorship Theories, Second Edition by Warren Hope and Kim Holston. Jefferson NC: McFarland & Company, 2009.
News
Stritmatter uses ALIAS to pursue authorship
December 30, 2009
Roger Stritmatter, PhD is working with Buffalo State University’s CEDAR Forensic Handwriting division and with Carole Chaski, PhD — executive director of the Institite for
Whalen on Greenblatt’s review of Bate in Dec. 17 New York Review of Books
December 22, 2009
Review of a review: For Harvard’s Stephen Greenblatt, Shakespeare biographies must be boldly imaginary. Richard F. Whalen Since Shakespeare biographies must necessarily be mostly imaginary,
SOS officers assigned duties
December 17, 2009
The Shakespeare Oxford Society board of trustees elected officers on December 12. President John Hamill was elected by the board at their November meeting during
Six new BC editors
December 17, 2009
Brief Chronicles General Editor Roger Stritmatter reported this news about the publicaton: Editors of the Shakespeare Fellowship’s new online peer reviewed scholarly journal of authorship
Nina Green translates 16th earl’s inquisition post mortem
December 10, 2009
Nina Green reports that she has just completed a lengthy transcription and translation of the inquisition post mortem of Edward de Vere’s father: John de
Facebook, etc.
December 10, 2009
The Shakespeare Oxford Society Facebook page, set up by SOS board member Brian Bechtold in July, has been useful in reaching a wider audience. Every
Hughes on Oxford’s education
December 9, 2009
Stephanie Hughes reports on information about Edward de Vere’s education now on her blog at, Politic Worm: The question of Oxford’s education is crucial to
SAT trustee Julia Cleave reports on Shakespeare bio conference at The Globe
December 7, 2009
Shakespearean Authorship Trust Trustee Julia Cleave gave SOS permission to reprint her report on the conference: “Shakespeare: from Rowe to Shapiro held Nov. 28, 2009
Shapiro’s Contested Will
December 5, 2009
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro Simon & Schuster: New York, London, Toronto, Sydney Publication date: April 6, 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-4162-2 Price: $26
Commentary on SAT conference
December 4, 2009
William Leahy, John Barton, Tom Hunter, and Dorna Bewley added commentary to David Aaronovitch’s report on the Nov. 15 Shakespeare Authorship Trust conference at the
Folger edu-blog
December 2, 2009
The Folger Shakespeare Library’s education blog, Making a Scene: Shakespeare in the Classroom, is a rich resource for every Shakespeare-lover. In his November 13 post, “Folger
Cossolotto on TOX
December 2, 2009
SOS Public Relations Chairperson Matthew Cossolotto, submitted the following report on publication of The Oxfordian: The Shakespeare Oxford Society recently mailed this year’s The Oxfordian
Malim reports on Globe conference
December 1, 2009
Conference – “Shakespeare: from Rowe to Shapiro” The Globe/London: 28 November 2009 Reported by De Vere Society Secretary Richard Malim with assistance from Kevin Gilvary
Minerva’s Voyage out now
November 28, 2009
Shakespearean scholar Lynne Kositsky reports that her young adult novel, Minerva’s Voyage inspired by the William Strachey account of the voyage of the Sea Venture
Brummie Bard in Daily Mail
November 28, 2009
Stephen Moorer of Carmel, California enlightened Martin Samuel on the use of “equivocation” in Macbeth and other errors in Samuel’s anti-Oxfordian commentary, “Sorry, it’s true.
