Oxfordian Scholarly Editions of “Shakespeare” Plays
December 16, 2020
by Bryan H. Wildenthal With the holiday gift season underway, which book might be the perfect present to get that unsuspecting friend or relative hooked
Antony and Cleopatra
A Dozen Shakespeare Plays Written after Oxford Died? Not Proven!
February 17, 2017
Richard F. Whalen Originally published in THE OXFORDIAN, Volume X 2007, pages 75–84 Prospero: …this rough magic I here abjure…I’ll break my staff, Bury it certain fadoms
The Queen’s Worm
February 27, 2006
The most frequently-asked question in the authorship debate is, “What difference does it [i.e. knowing who the true author is] make anyway?” A perfect example of the difference that knowing the truth can make is illustrated in this article by Richard Whalen — adapted from his presentation at the 1998 Edward de Vere Studies Conference. Whalen takes a small scene from Antony and Cleopatra and brings it to new life with the simple observation that in French the word for worm is “ver.”
