Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter articles from June 2003

Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter archives from June 2003

Globe's Authorship Conference roundly successful: the Shakespearean Authorship Trust's sold-out event at London's Globe sparks future plans.
June 22, 2003... One thing Mark Rylance knows how to do is put on a show. This stands to reason as he is not only the Chairman of the Shakespearean Authorship Trust (SAT), sponsor of this conference at the Globe, he is also the artistic director and primary...

The ten restless ghosts of Mantua: Shakespeare's specter lingers over the Italian city.
June 22, 2003... One-third of Shakespeare's plays are set in Italian cities, and many scholars have written about the author's remarkable knowledge of Italy. There is no record, however, that Shakspere of Stratford went there or even left England. It is an...

SOS conference update: New York City, October 23-26.
June 22, 2003... Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! This year, the 27th Annual Shakespeare-Oxford Society conference will be held October 23-26th in New York City, capital of the theater world and publishing industries, hence the theme:...

Aeolian stinking pitch: tempestuous shipwreck on the Island of Vulcano: another Oxfordian view on The Tempest's locale.
June 22, 2003... The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to th' welkin's cheek, Dashes the fire out.--The Tempest (I.2. 3) Shakespeare's The Tempest is difficult to understand for...

The Temple in Lord Pembroke's Garden: the truth about the Wilton Shakespeare Shrine.
June 22, 2003... Wilton House, the ancestral home of the Herbert family, has long been a source of fascination for Oxfordians for several reasons. The estate, situated about an hour and a half outside London by train, was the home of Mary Sidney from 1577, at...

New evidence identifies Stratford man as actor only.(Oxfordian News)
June 22, 2003... Dr. Paul H. Altrocchi has discovered a heretofore-unknown reference to William of Stratford that possibly was written less than twenty years after his death. Last April, at Concordia University's Edward de Vere Studies Conference, Dr....

Nelson's Oxford bio is out!(Oxfordian News)
June 22, 2003... Prof. Alan H. Nelson's long-awaited new work, Monstrous Adversary, The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford has become available. The publisher, Liverpool University Press, describes the biography as "the first documentary biography of...

New York Times article on "co-authorship".(Oxfordian News)
June 22, 2003... The Shakespeare authorship question was mentioned in the New York Times book review (September 2, 2003) of Brian Vickers' Shakespeare, Co-Author, a book that "has brought clarity" to the long debated "co-authorship" question of Shakespeare's...

Elizabeth exhibited: the National Maritime Museum outside London presents the largest exhibit honoring the Tudor Queen.
June 22, 2003... As you step into the great red room that begins the most comprehensive collection ever exhibited to mark the 400th anniversary of the Tudor Queen's death in 1603, you are greeted by a large, sparkling replica of her royal signature emblazoned...

Westminster Abbey memorial to Oxford.(Oxfordian News)
June 22, 2003... Professor Daniel Wright announced at last April's Edward de Vere Studies Conference at Concordia University that contributors provided over $10,000 in donations to fund a memorial window to Edward de Vere in the Poets' Corner at Westminster...

Oxford play in London.(Oxfordian News)
June 22, 2003... Edward's Presents, a play written by Oxfordian Sally Llewellyn, will run from January 6 to 24, 2004, at the Union Theatre, 204 Union Street, in London. Edward's Presents tells the background story of Shakespeare's Sonnets and A Midsummer...

Stratfordians speak in D.C.(Oxfordian News)
June 22, 2003... For those who would like to see prominent orthodox Shakespeare scholars in action, the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. is sponsoring two evening events. On October 27, Stanley Wells, chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, will discuss...

Attributing Authorship: an Introduction.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... Attributing Authorship: An Introduction by Harold Love, Cambridge University Press 2002 (271 pages) The identity of the creator of the Shakespeare canon is only one of the many authorship mysteries that Harold Love discusses in this...

In Search of Shakespeare.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... In Search of Shakespeare Michael Wood. BBC Worldwide Ltd., London, 2003 Michael Wood, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, has written a lavishly illustrated book: In Search of Shakespeare, an elegant Stratfordian interpretation of...