Chats with Oxfordians who have written books or conducted significant research on the authorship question.
Composer and teacher Daniel Steven Crafts and actor, lyricist, and Blue Boar Tavern bartender Jonathan David Dixon discuss their musical collaborations and delve into the creative process, classical music in the 21st century, Gonzo Opera, and evoking Edward de Vere as Shakespeare in symphonic form. Listen to Daniel’s Symphony No. 17 “Oxford” here.
Acclaimed actor, director, and teacher Ron Destro discusses his fast-paced and entertaining historical novel The Starre, the Moone, the Sunne: What if everything you ever learned about William Shakespeare was a lie? which seeks to tell the true story behind Shakespeare’s works.
Michael Dudley discusses the extent to which various approaches to the Shakespeare authorship debate tend to produce true beliefs rather than false ones. His book The Shakespeare Authorship Question and Philosophy: Knowledge, Rhetoric, Identity asks what it means for the study of knowledge–and history–to declare that something is “beyond doubt” especially when there are so many doubters?
Elizabeth Winkler, Princeton and Stanford educated journalist with a Master’s in English lit, chats about her adventures writing the wickedly smart “Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature.”
Writer, poet, translator and critic Geir Uthaug has written The Battle for Shakespeare’s Identity to bring the story of authorship doubters to Norway.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Richard Waugaman chats about Freud the Oxfordian, Falstaff as a comedic take on Henry VIII, and political intrique at the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
Video maker, blogger and TikTok-er Phoebe Nir talks about where she thinks her work in support of the Shakespeare Authorship Question will go next.
Katherine Chiljan talks about the process of researching Shakespeare Suppressed, the anomalies of the First Folio, and discovering two portraits of Edward de Vere.
Roger Stritmatter discusses Shakespeare and the Law: How the Bard’s Legal Knowledge Affects the Authorship Question, a major new collection of essays exploring Shakespeare’s mastery of all things legal.
Hank Whittemore links Oxford, Queen Elizabeth and Henry Wriothesley together in ways that are heart-breaking and astonishing in his new book The Living Record: Shakespeare, Succession and the Sonnets.
Julie Sandys Bianchi talks about the First Folio focused 2022 SOF Video Contest and shares her discovery of playing card symbolism in the Folio. Learn more about the contest here!
Jonathan Dixon talks about his longstanding interest in Oxfordianism and how he came to bartend at the Blue Boar Tavern.
James Warren talks about his work documenting the history of the Oxfordian movement. Find his numerous books on Amazon.
Roger Stritmatter introduces the new edition of The Shakespeare Authorship Sourcebook, featuring strategies and resources for educators. Available for purchase on Amazon.
Ben August introduces The Blue Boar Tavern, a virtual pub frequented by Oxfordian luminaries. The tavern is open to all SOF members. Not a current member? Join now!
Historian Ramon Jiménez talks about his new edition of The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth.
Psychotherapist Richard Waugaman joins SOF President Bob Meyers to discuss whether Falstaff might be a portrait of the historical Henry VIII.
Washington State University Professor of English Michael Delahoyde joins host Bob Meyers to discuss his edition of Shakespeare’s enigmatic comedy Twelfth Night.
