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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 his spirit are dull as night

And his affections dark as Erebus:

Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music.

Lorenzo, The Merchant of Venice, V,i

In addition to his skills as an excellent poet and playwright, Edward de Vere, 17^th Earl of Oxford, was a patron of composers, had earned a reputation as a stellar musician and was possibly a composer of music himself.  On Thursday, April 17 at 8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific,  Blue Boar Tavern regulars, Bonner Cutting, Dorothea Dickerman, Alex McNeil and Phoebe Nir will be joined by special guest Cheryl Eagan-Donovan to discuss de Vere’s musicianship and how it relates to the songs and music found the plays of Shakespeare.

Come join the party in de Vere’s birthday month of April and find out why one of the keys to the identity of the man behind the pseudonym “William Shakespeare” is to follow Lorenzo’s advice in The Merchant of Venice: Mark the music and join us here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83797932361?pwd=x7Q5WsMYbauM4YlsYJyaqU7hDZYuns.1