Exploring the evidence that the works of Shakespeare were written by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship is excited to announce the first annual Shakespeare Authorship Mystery Day, commemorating the initial publication of the First Folio on November
New York actor-writer-researcher Hank Whittemore has been named 2017 Oxfordian of the Year by the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship. The award was announced today by SOF
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
by Earl Showerman, M.D. This article was originally published in The Oxfordian, v. 17, p. 163 (2015) (PDF version here); republished on the SOF website Sept.
The Horatio Society, a west coast subgroup of the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship, met on August 20th at the King Yen Restaurant in Berkeley, California, marking their
Voting is now open in the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship’s “Who Wrote Shakespeare?” Video Contest at https://shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org/sof-video-contest/. Everyone can vote, so please visit the contest page,
Attendees of the upcoming Chicago SOF Conference, October 12-15, 2017 are being offered not one, but two, very different theatrical events. Conference goers may attend
A Message from John Hamill, Chair of the SOF’s Research Grant Program I am pleased to announce that the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship has received, for
Becoming an Oxfordian was not sudden. I had heard as a young man that Mark Twain did not believe that ”Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare.” What convinced me it
Bonner Miller Cutting will speak on the Shakespeare Authorship Question on Friday, March 17, 2017 at 2:00pm, at the North Palm Beach Library, 303 Anchorage Dr.,
Kevin Gilvary Originally published in Brief Chronicles Vol. VII (2016), pages 1–15 Early in every biography of Shakespeare, writers advance two unfounded claims: firstly, that
Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship Annual Conference October 12 – 15, 2017 — Chicago The Program Committee of the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship is pleased to announce that
SOF’s Speakers Bureau recently fulfilled requests for speakers on the Shakespeare Authorship Question (SAQ). Tom Townsend and Newton Frohlich made appearances on behalf of the Speakers Bureau.
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
I read my first Shakespeare play when I was fourteen. In those days, Julius Caesar was a high-school freshman’s first exposure to the great playwright. At that
December 6, 2016 My first exposure to Shakespeare occurred at our children’s library in a dark paneled room with leaded-glass windows. Searching through the shelves,
