Blanding, “North by Shakespeare”: reviewed by Hyde
May 24, 2021
book review by Michael Hyde Michael Blanding, North by Shakespeare: A Rogue Scholar’s Quest for the Truth Behind the Bard’s Work (Hachette, 2021). This review
Christopher Marlowe
Eagan-Donovan and Stritmatter Receive 2021 Research Grants
January 21, 2021
The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship (SOF) has announced the award of two research grants for 2021. The purpose of the SOF Research Grant Program (RGP) is
Janet Wingate: How I Became an Oxfordian
January 19, 2021
January 19, 2021 When I read about how others became Oxfordians, I’m always surprised how people know so clearly. My experience was a slower evolution.
Pete Swartz: How I Became an Oxfordian
December 8, 2020
December 8, 2020 I had help becoming an Oxfordian. My father, a hard-headed businessman, was interested in the authorship question. I remember at an early
Tom Ditto: How I Became an Oxfordian
November 14, 2020
From de Vere to Eternity November 14, 2020 Can a sixteen-year-old play Hamlet? I looked the part. More than one surprised witness expressed appreciation. Three
Richard Furno: How I Became an Oxfordian
October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020 My first real exposure to the Shakespeare authorship question came some time in the 1980s. While I was aware that some “oddballs”
Volker Tristram: How I Became an Oxfordian
July 10, 2018
July 10, 2018 For about 30 years, I had only computers and PCs in mind. I joined IBM in 1969, having worked for them from
Shakespeare’s Sexuality and How It Affects the Authorship Issue
November 8, 2017
by John Hamill Originally published in The Oxfordian, v. 8, pp. 25–59 (2005) (repaginated PDF version here); republished on the SOF website Nov. 8, 2017,
Radical New Edition of Shakespeare by Oxford University Press Debunked
October 3, 2017
After evaluating the new edition of Shakespeare’s works by Oxford University Press (OUP), three scholars contend that the editors have failed to prove their hypothesis
Shakespeare, Oxford and the Grammar School Question
April 9, 2017
Robin Fox Originally published in THE OXFORDIAN, Volume XI 2008, pages 113–136 There has been a checkered history of attitudes to William Shakespeare of Stratford’s
Greg Ellis: How I Became an Oxfordian
July 19, 2016
Forty years ago, when I was an undergraduate at the Australian National University’s Chifley library, I happened to notice a fascinating collection of old books
Steven Sabel: How I Became an Oxfordian
July 6, 2016
July 6, 2016 Not long out of high school, while watching Kevin Kline’s Hamlet on PBS with the father of a school friend, he said
Gareth Howell: How I Became an Oxfordian
May 24, 2016
When I was in Law School at Aberystwyth on the rugged western coast of Wales, it was an occasional delight to drive in summer to
Heward Wilkinson: How I Became an Oxfordian
February 2, 2016
February 2, 2016 I was born at the end of the European War in 1945, into an English literary family with connections to the Bloomsbury
Ros Barber: “The Value of Uncertainty”
January 15, 2016
Ros Barber, Ph.D.’s presentation at the 2015 SOF conference in Ashland, “The Value of Uncertainty,” is now accessible on the SOF YouTube Channel. Barber stated
London Debate: Does the Authorship Question Matter?
May 2, 2014
Special thanks to Kevin Gilvary and Heward Wilkinson of the DeVere Society for their reports on the panel debate, “Shakespeare Authorship Question — Does This
