Exploring the evidence that the works of Shakespeare were written by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
Here is another classic from our files. This article was originally published in the Summer 1983 issue of our newsletter. I was never a Stratfordian.
May 31, 2016 It was thanks to the New York Times. Much as I admire the important books by Mark Anderson, Thomas Looney, Charlton Ogburn
To evaluate Ver, begin and the challenge it represents for modern Shakespearean scholarship, we revisit an imperative written by J. Thomas Looney:
We shall first have to dissociate from the [canon] writings the conception of such an author as the steady, complacent, business-like man-of-the-world suggested by the Stratford Shakspere. …
“Why would anybody believe it?” The teenaged girl’s eyes were wide, her head shaking. She’d come to the front of the school auditorium to speak
May 3, 2016 The first requirement of becoming an Oxfordian is learning to love Shakespeare, both in production and on the page. I became possessed
April 30, 2016 Tom Regnier gave his presentation, “Did Shakespeare Really Write Shakespeare? Or Did Someone Else?” on April 11, 2016 in Coral Gables, Florida
In response to the many activities marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakspere of Stratford, and particularly in response to the Folger
It was in third form of grammar school in 1964 when my English (Language and Literature) teacher, Joost de Lange announced: “Now we have to
A few years back, I was a guest at a duo-piano recital in the elegant Portland home of a prominent arts patron, Mary Tooze. Her
Tom Regnier has recently appeared on television and in person promoting the Shakespeare Authorship Question in South Florida (Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties). On
It was the first showing of PBS Frontline; “The Shakespeare Mystery” in 1989. I was living in Santa Cruz, California, it was just after the
My older brother Alan was an English major at Columbia. He graduated in 1947 and earned a M.A. in English Literature two years later. In
Shakespeare mocks Appearance to the glory of Truth, except in fact Being the author’s imprinted Name. Shakespeare’s soaring text I came to deeply admire the works of Shakespeare during my college
With this reprint from our archives, the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship begins the occasional publication of classic “How I Became an Oxfordian” articles. Same title, different
I first learned about Edward de Vere when I encountered a man in an Elizabethan costume at an Oxford conference in San Francisco. I was
I never liked liking what others like, so I avoided Shakespeare as a student. As a literature teacher in colleges, though, I had to include
