Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter articles from June 2002

Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter archives from June 2002

Stylometrics and the Funeral Elegy affair.
June 22, 2002... Stylometrics refers to a growing body of techniques for analyzing written material assisted by numerical analysis. Stylometrics has been applied in making and refuting attributions of authorship. Comparative study of Elizabethan texts...

This strange eventful history: Oxford, Shakespeare, and the Seven Ages of Man.
June 22, 2002... "All the world's a stage" begins one of the most famous of Shakespeare's monologues, the "Seven Ages of Man" speech voiced by the acerbic courtier Jaques in As You Like It, Act 2, scene 7. As Jaques continues, he dryly and entertainingly...

The Shakespeare Oxford Society convenes in the nation's Capitol: outstanding offerings at the 26th Annual Conference.
June 22, 2002... The Shakespeare Oxford Society will be returning to the nation's Capitol to hold its 26th Annual Conference, October 10-13, 2002. Washington, D.C. has hosted the Society's Annual Conference six times in the past--in 1980, 1982, 1983,...

The view from Santa Cruz.
June 22, 2002... The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story on July 14, 2002 entitled "The debate plays on: Oxford vs. Stratford" by Kurt Hartmann. As the SOS is featured prominently in the piece we offer the entire story. Although the numbers are less than...

Hamlet's star.(Shakespeare News)
June 22, 2002... An article by Leon Jaroff appeared in The New York Times on July 16, 2002 entitled "By Yonder Blessed Moon, Sleuths Decode Life and Art." Featured is the work of Dr. Donald Olson, an Astronomer whose passion lies in determining dates inherent...

Elizabeth's ring.(Shakespeare News)
June 22, 2002... When Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, a diamond, ruby, gold and mother-of-pearl ring was apparently taken from her body. It is slated to be displayed, for the first time in 400 years, starting May 2003, at England's National Maritime Museum,...

Blackfriars Playhouse.(Shakespeare News)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2002... The Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia is a stunning tribute to the original Blackfriars, the stage where many Shakespeare dramas were first performed. The new Blackfriars, commissioned by the well-known theatrical company Shenandoah...

Mr. Who He?(Shakespeare News)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2002... An Article in The London Review of Books, August 8, 2002, by Stephen Orgel, "Mr. Who He?" reviews the latest compilation of Shakespeare's verse: Complete Sonnets and Poems of William Shakespeare by Colin Burrow. [Oxford Press, 2002, 750...

The Earl of Oxford and the first Blackfriars theater.(Shakespeare News)
June 22, 2002... In the years 1584-86 the Earl of Oxford arranged to lease a large hall in London's Blackfriars for use as a playhouse. Oxford also leased the downstairs for a fencing school. A complicated paper trail on this still exists, and payments...

Biography Magazine on the authorship.(Oxfordian News)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2002... Biography Magazine featured an article on the authorship question in its August 2002 edition, called "The Bard or Not the Bard: Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays?" Using the springboard of the recent film documentary on the Marlowe theory,...

England--DVS meeting at Henley.(Oxfordian News)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2002... On July 20, a beautiful, sunny (for England) day, DVS chairman Brian Hicks drove me and local authority PR consultant Sean Gallagher from Cambridge through very lush, green countryside to Henley-on-Thames for the DVS summer meeting. About...

Nashville.(Oxfordian News)
June 22, 2002... On July 20th, the Nashville Chapter of the Shakespeare Oxford Society had a friendly two-hour meeting at the Sherlock Holmes Pub. SOS president Aaron Tatum related plans for the upcoming 26th Annual conference sponsored by the Gertrude C....

Chicago.(Oxfordian News)
June 22, 2002... The Chicago Oxford Society (COS) is proud to announce Marion Buckley, President of COS, has been awarded the third place prize (out of more than 1,200 entries) in the American Screenwriters Association (ASA)/Writers Digest international...

Anne Rice on Oxford and Shakespeare.(Oxfordian News)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2002... Although this "news" may be a few years old, noted fiction writer Anne Rice's opinions on the Authorship of Shakespeare are not widely known. Here is what is posted on her website: Good writing news for me... in the peace and...

The Sanders Portrait revisited: could the "newly discovered Shakespeare portrait" be John Fletcher?
June 22, 2002... The Sanders Portrait, claimed to be an authentic representation of William Shakespeare, may not be the marvel first announced by its owners and supporters. The alleged portrait first hit the news on May 12, 2001 and was discussed briefly in...

WOTS-UP--Analysis for Oxfordians and Stratfordians: (weaknesses, opportunities, threats and strengths underlying planning).
June 22, 2002... WOTS-UP for Oxfordians Weaknesses * No "smoking gun" evidence * Difficulty getting our message out * Public ignorance, confusion and apathy * Shut out from mainstream academic forums * Lack of perceived legitimacy...

Meet the SOS trustees.
June 22, 2002... Aaron Tatum Shakespeare Oxford Society President Aaron Tatum became interested in the authorship question in 1984 after reading Joseph Sobran's review of Charlton Ogburn Jr.'s The Mysterious William Shakespeare in the National Review. "I...

Oxford, Son of Queen Elizabeth.(Book Review)
June 22, 2002... Oxford, Son of Queen Elizabeth by Paul Streitz (Oxford Institute Press, 2001) 325 pp.; The Wonderful Shakespeare Mystery by Warren Dickinson (Dickinson, 2001) 572 pp. There is a cautionary tale to be read in the two books here reviewed...

Quoting Shakespeare.(Shakespeare News)
June 22, 2002... When the going gets tough, and the world is watching, quote Shakespeare. On July 25, 2002 the only man charged in the "9-11" terror attacks, Zacarias Moussaoui, dropped his guilty plea in surprise last-minute move. U.S. District Judge...