Roland Emmerich’s film, Anonymous, about the
Shakespeare authorship controversy is due out October 28. The film trailer
sprawls across the Internet and movie screens, and enormous posters scream “Was
Shakespeare a fraud?” in theater lobbies all over the country.
On June 6, Emmerich
debated Shakespeare Birthplace Trust director Stanley Wells in London
– challenging Wells’ traditional ascription of the Bard’s literary creation to
a man from of Stratford-upon-Avon.
Following hard on the heels of James Shapiro’s defense of
the status quo, Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?-- published
last year by Scribner -- Emmerich’s star-scattered, CGI-enhanced,
scandal-ridden view of the Elizabethan court promises to ruffle the inky
feathers of traditionalists who cannot let go of a discredited icon.
If this all sounds too intriguing to ignore, but you need a
tour-director to guide you through labyrinthine halls filled with Stratfordian
and anti-Stratfordian iconography, please allow us to shine a lantern along the
echoing stone corridors of ages past.
The Oberon Shakespeare Study Group is a Michigan institution
dedicated to studying the work published under the name William Shakespeare,
with particular interest in the question of authorship. Our members are highly
educated men and women who have dedicated decades to the study of the
intriguing puzzle of who wrote Shakespeare. Many have had the results of their
inquiry published and have presented at national conferences on the topic. All
revere the work of Shakespeare and wish to learn more about the author and his
milieu.
As part of our educational outreach during this
unprecedented period of fascination with the subject of Shakespearean
authorship, a selection of our membership is available for panel discussions,
interviews, and presentations. Our co-founder Richard Joyrich has seen the
Emmerich film and is available for discussion. His review of the film is
available at "Premier of Anonymous".
Please contact us at mailto:<linda.theil@gmail.com> for more
information.
Schedule of events re: Roland Emmerich’s Shakespeare
authorship film, Anonymous
September 7, 2011 North American premier of Roland
Emmerich’s film Anonymous at Shakespeare Authorship Studies Conference at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon (Also
premiered at Toronto International Film Festival September 9)
September 22, 2011, 6:45 p.m. Farmington Community
Library Oberon Shakespeare Study Group monthly meeting features report and
review of Anonymous premier by Oberon founder and Shakespeare
Oxford Society President Richard Joyrich, MD
October 13-16, 2011 Washington Court Hotel, Washington DC
Shakespeare Fellowship/Shakespeare Oxford Society joint annual conference http://www.shakespearefellowship.org/conference2011/
October 27, 2011 6:45 p.m. Farmington Community Library Oberon
Shakespeare Study Group monthly meeting features reports by eight member Oberon
contingent to SF/SOS annual conference in Washington DC
October 28, 2011 Roland Emmerich film Anonymous is
scheduled to open in wide release in U.S. theaters.
October 29, 2011, 2 p.m. Laurel Park Place Mall Oberon
members discuss: "Who's 'Anonymous'? Talk about the Shakespeare authorship
question" at the Michigan
International Book Festival