Exploring the evidence that the works of Shakespeare were written by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

Peter R. Moore

The Dates of Shakespeare’s Plays

A common objection to the Earl of Oxford as the author of Shakespeare’s works is that he died in 1604, while perhaps a dozen of Shakespeare’s plays are said to be written after that date. This article briefly examines this aspect of the authorship controversy.

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Recent Developments in the case for Oxford as Shakespeare

This paper by Oxfordian researcher Peter Moore was presented at the Society’s 20th Annual Conference in Minneapolis last October, 1996. Moore reviews the state of the debate in the 1990’s, with advice for Oxfordians on how to debate the issue more effectively, and questions for Stratfordians on some of the many unaddressed weaknesses in the Stratford story, such as the strange case of which came first — Shakespeare’s King John or the anonymous 1591 The Troublesome Reign of King John.

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The Earl of Oxford and the Order of the Garter

For a different perspective on how shame and disgrace may play into the Shakespeare authorship debate, Oxfordian Peter R. Moore looks at what the annual voting for Knights of the Garter during Elizabeth’s reign may tell us about Oxford’s reputation among his peers during his lifetime, and how that reputation may dovetail with the clear references in the Sonnets to Shakespeare’s own acknowleged shame and disgrace.

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The Stella cover-up

Oxfordian researcher Peter Moore wrote in a 1993 Shakespeare Oxford Society Newsletter article about the “other” famous sonnet cycle from Elizabethan times (Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella), and makes a persuasive case that the on-going centuries-long dispute about who Stella actually was is a perfect answer for Stratfordians who claim that no conspiracy or coverup would have been possible in the matter of the Shakespeare authorship dispute.

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