Oberons celebrate Shakespeare Identified centennial in Ann Arbor

The Oberon Shakespeare Study Group joins the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship, the DeVere Society, and Shakespeare lovers everywhere in celebrating the centennial of the March 4, 1920 publication of Shakespeare Identified as Edward DeVere, the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford by J. Thomas Looney.

Oberons will host a luncheon party at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at Paesano Restaurant and Wine Bar, 3411 Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor. The event is open to the public; tickets are $25 per plate; the reservations deadline is March 27, 2020. For information and reservations contact Linda Theil at mailto:linda.theil@gmail.com.

We hope that Shakespeare devotees near and far will join us in this once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the brave and brilliant J. Thomas Looney and the revolution in Shakespeare studies that his love of the work has brought us.

UPDATE March 18, 2020: This event has been cancelled. During an Oberon Shakespeare Study Group telephone meeting on March 14, the group agreed to cancel the April 11, 2020 event. We hope to reschedule for later in the year if the state lifts the ban on gatherings of more than ten people due to the C-19 pandemic. Oberons will hold a telephone meeting on April 11, 2020, and plan to attend a regular meeting on May 8, 2020 if the West Bloomfield Twp. library is open to meetings on that date.

Resources

"SOF announces Shakespeare Identified centennial celebration"
https://oberonshakespearestudygroup.blogspot.com/2020/01/sof-announces-shakespeare-identified.html

Centennial edition of Shakespeare Identified edited by James Warren,
https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Identified-J-Thomas-Looney/dp/1733589414/

Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship centennial celebration page
https://shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org/shakespeare-identified-100/

DeVere Society centennial celebration information
https://deveresociety.co.uk/public/event/dvs-summer-meeting-shakespeare-identified/

Paesano Restaurant and Wine Bar,
https://www.paesanoannarbor.com/

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