Exploring the evidence that the works of Shakespeare were written by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
The Spring 2026 issue of the Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter has been published. SOF members have received the printed edition if they chose that option. All
Tournaments, Jousting and Tilting at the Blue Boar Tavern tonight! ’Twere good, I think your lordship sent him thither: There shall he practice tilts and
Examining Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford’s Reputation: “Truth is Truth to the End of Reckoning.” A Zoom Event at the Blue Boar Tavern
Don’t forget! Join us at the Blue Boar Tavern this evening. “That you may know ‘Tis no sinister nor no awkward claim, Pick’d from the
The Winter 2026 issue of the Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter has been published. SOF members have received the printed edition if they chose that option. All
Twelfth Night, or What We Will “Those wits, that think they have thee, do very oft prove fools; and I, that am sure I lack
“[L]et them play it. Is not a comonty a Christmas gambold or a tumbling-trick?” (“comedy” and “gambol” mispronounced by Christopher Sly the Tinker) — The
Ask the Cast Anything! “[L]et them play it. Is not a comonty a Christmas gambold or a tumbling-trick?” (“comedy” and “gambol” mispronounced by Christopher Sly
The Fall 2025 issue of the Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter has been published. SOF members have received the printed edition if they chose that option. All
The SOF has started releasing on its YouTube channel a selection of talks presented at the 2025 Annual Conference. The first batch includes the keynote
Earl Showerman, M.D., longtime scholar, teacher, and leader in the Shakespeare authorship field (and SOF President, 2022–24), was honored on September 20, 2025, as Oxfordian
Professor Sky Gilbert’s recent book, Shakespeare Lied, was published by Guernica Editions in September 2024 (available from the publisher and on Amazon). A review by
Happy birthday, Oxford! It was on this date, April 12, in 1550 that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was born in Castle Hedingham,
In 1980, I received a PhD in medieval studies, but during my subsequent teaching situation would describe myself as a non-practicing medievalist, as I only
“Smoking gun territory” Calygreyhound Sometimes spelled Calgreyhound, it is “…a creature spawning from Medieval Heraldry. The Calygreyhound is most commonly shown with the head of
by Bryan H. Wildenthal Richard M. Waugaman, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University, was honored today as Oxfordian of the Year for 2021.
