tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.comments2023-10-03T10:29:59.653-04:00Oberon Shakespeare Study GroupRichard Joyrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329531103684831672noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-45227787998987808632014-04-17T14:08:45.067-04:002014-04-17T14:08:45.067-04:00To Oberon Readers:
I appreciate the report about ...To Oberon Readers:<br /><br />I appreciate the report about the Concordia conference of April 10-13, 2014, but I wish to add here a few significant corrections regarding my presentation, "Secrets of the Droeshout Shakespeare Portrait". <br /><br />For those readers interested in the subject, the written text and appendices from which that talk derived are at my wjray.net website: http:/William Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09012399534900562162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-14760537533231609452014-03-05T22:41:57.475-05:002014-03-05T22:41:57.475-05:00This was as brave, articulate, and far sighted a p...This was as brave, articulate, and far sighted a policy statement as I have read in the authorship field.<br /><br />I would add that, beside the police, fire fighters, and EMT's who assisted during September 11, 2001, the most courageous profession in that dark era of our national history was the Librarian wing of American culture. As a group they refused upon danger of imprisonment to fink William Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09012399534900562162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-13511991712151452532014-01-19T13:06:36.980-05:002014-01-19T13:06:36.980-05:00Shakespeare collaborating in composition was likel...Shakespeare collaborating in composition was likely via the Secretarial - the real significance of The Boke of Sir Thomas More - see Fran Gidley's brilliant essay: <br /><br />http://shakespeare-oxford.com/wp-content/oxfordian/Gidley_More.pdf<br />hewardwilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12674701962196720392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-45687436823254998122013-10-28T19:36:03.127-04:002013-10-28T19:36:03.127-04:00Heward Wilkinson said...
> We need to clearly ...Heward Wilkinson said...<br /><br />> We need to clearly distinguish 'Conspiracy theory A' is 'a theory adopted delusionally for paranoid or cultic motivations' - we could label this 'conspiracy theory - cultic sense'. <br />> NOTE that, on this definition, it is possible to hold a rational theory AS a 'conspiracy theory - cultic sense'. <br /><br />Agreed. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847725989815546661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-12825418833837557272013-10-28T19:34:56.388-04:002013-10-28T19:34:56.388-04:00Heward Wilkinson said...
> We need to clearly ...Heward Wilkinson said...<br /><br />> We need to clearly distinguish 'Conspiracy theory A' is 'a theory adopted delusionally for paranoid or cultic motivations' - we could label this 'conspiracy theory - cultic sense'. <br />> NOTE that, on this definition, it is possible to hold a rational theory AS a 'conspiracy theory - cultic sense'. <br /><br />Agreed. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847725989815546661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-16763258527370552362013-10-26T13:44:08.447-04:002013-10-26T13:44:08.447-04:00We need to clearly distinguish
1. TWO senses of &...We need to clearly distinguish <br />1. TWO senses of 'sceptic', and, in turn,<br />2. TWO senses of 'conspiracy theory'. Let me clarify this carefully, starting with 2, and then clarifying 1. in that light. The matter has further complications but this is a start. <br /><br />'Conspiracy theory A' is 'a theory adopted delusionally for paranoid or cultic motivations&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-72274523064934065382013-10-23T18:31:40.400-04:002013-10-23T18:31:40.400-04:00Great blog entry, Linda. Highly quotable.Great blog entry, Linda. Highly quotable.psihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134579876460211149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-14743433755212539582013-08-31T18:46:03.966-04:002013-08-31T18:46:03.966-04:00Excellent post, Linda. I'm subscribing to you...Excellent post, Linda. I'm subscribing to your blog to help me keep abreast of the best thinking on the Oxfordian issues. I loved the documentary "Last Will.and Testament" which I note is being debuted in Canada at the Toronto Festival. I hope the anti-PT factions in the Oxfordian ranks will treat it with the respect it deserves. The Film "Anonymous" (which I loved)has Wordmaster Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660964772754384057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-29897775164370722732013-08-18T20:31:06.569-04:002013-08-18T20:31:06.569-04:00I am sorry that you and your colleagues endured th...I am sorry that you and your colleagues endured the shameful behavior of people who were clearly uninformed on the issue and so conditioned as to not even consider it an issue. <br /><br />We are herd animals and look to leaders of the herd to make sudden starts and turns when there is danger afoot. That Wells is over the hill as a thinker and Edmondson a lackey with considerable bile in his soulWilliam Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09012399534900562162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-89711658708909395042013-08-18T14:31:47.855-04:002013-08-18T14:31:47.855-04:00Thanks for your comment, Heward; you know I am you...Thanks for your comment, Heward; you know I am your very big fan on this side of the pond : )Linda Theilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02814977329390720322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-88261671152201657742013-08-18T14:16:35.007-04:002013-08-18T14:16:35.007-04:00Linda hi! one does not set out to destroy opponent...Linda hi! one does not set out to destroy opponents who are NOT dangerous. I think it may well be the case that, as the threat to orthodoxy becomes more and more potent, as it is doing, the attacks will become more vicious. We have to be prepared for this. It is also important that our own street cred. is as nearly intact as it can be. We do, after all, offer a theory of a conspiracy, and such Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07572336563959806328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-13034507936869467112013-06-10T10:17:36.170-04:002013-06-10T10:17:36.170-04:00From W. Ron Hess (BeornsHall@earthlink.net)
While...From W. Ron Hess (BeornsHall@earthlink.net)<br /><br />While Linda Theil's message about the Prince Tudor (PT) version of our basic Oxfordian theory covered the positive aspects, she neglected to consider the many negatives. PT begins as a romance based upon little-to-no evidence (e.g., in 1573 a gossip said in a private letter that Queen Eliz. admired Oxford’s dancing, and that Oxford was W. Ron Hesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058619637810315502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-91279981401354472872013-06-09T11:04:51.363-04:002013-06-09T11:04:51.363-04:00At least some of the back-and-forth heat in PT dis...At least some of the back-and-forth heat in PT discussions would be cooled if PT adherents would stick to the spirit of the word "theory", rather than asserting that PT is proven fact.<br /><br />On a sliding scale, more evidence exists pointing to Oxford as Shakespeare than to any other claimant (certainly including Shaxper). But the statements in the First Folio, problematic as they jdicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771946668583812313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-11821074757613170312013-03-31T17:59:57.586-04:002013-03-31T17:59:57.586-04:00When an "in rem" proceeding concerning &...When an "in rem" proceeding concerning "the author's share of Hamlet" was held at The Supreme Court, Justice Stevens presiding, I talked with the expert witness for the Stratford guy, Professor Larry Danson of Princeton. He used the old Macbeth and Tempest dates in his argument. Over dessert and before the jury returned, I talked with him. He seemed to think that "Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871364605021874251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-28359419187723240912012-05-08T15:56:52.763-04:002012-05-08T15:56:52.763-04:00Ron Hess shared these observations:
Hess’ Comments...Ron Hess shared these observations:<br />Hess’ Comments:<br /><br /> To me, better equivalence to today’s $8 paperbacks than quartos would have been the “broadsides,” or one-to-four sheet cheapos, vended alongside of quartos. Longer works that were still too short to be quartos would normally be inserted as “filler” in the back of other longer works, such as “A Lover’s Complaint” was Linda Theilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02814977329390720322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-68070001202122989392011-10-08T15:14:09.929-04:002011-10-08T15:14:09.929-04:00I always wanted to hear what Tom was researching a...I always wanted to hear what Tom was researching and writing about. He brought to those tasks a very considerable training including a PhD in English that made him into a leader of the Oxfordian movement. <br /><br />I have many fond memories of Tom, but my favorite one is from Shapiro's lecture in Stratford, Ontario last summer. Shapiro ended up taking quite a few questions from Oxfordians psihttp://www.shake-speares-bible.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-8772184187607281592011-10-08T11:18:56.890-04:002011-10-08T11:18:56.890-04:00Dear Rosey: My heart goes with you and for you. Th...Dear Rosey: My heart goes with you and for you. The husband,Tom, will always be with you. I saw how close you two were. You will miss this humble and generous person that Tom was and so will many of us. His patience and discipline and knowledge manifested the teacher he was, always to be there to reference in heart and soul..BrunaBruna Vernier Lillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-50538241223566547422011-10-04T14:21:09.363-04:002011-10-04T14:21:09.363-04:00From Derran Charlton:
I grieve at the sad loss of ...From Derran Charlton:<br />I grieve at the sad loss of Tom, and express my heartfelt condolences to Rosey, Lisa, family and friends. His startling brilliance and careful/ thoughtful reasonings added so much to all of our lives. <br /><br />I first met Tom -in the States- many years ago, and so much enjoyed<br />his welcomed presence and carefully reasoned correspondence. Less than a month ago IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-36754516835623401692011-10-04T14:18:49.631-04:002011-10-04T14:18:49.631-04:00From Sundra:
Though I only knew Tom from his posti...From Sundra:<br />Though I only knew Tom from his postings I must be counted as one who was touched by his death. I always appreciated his clarity and insight.<br /> <br />There is no shock quite like that of the sudden death of a loved one. My own husband died in a thirty second interval while we were laughing over a private joke. <br /> <br />My heart goes out to Tom's family. After the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-54856632647032533602011-10-04T14:17:19.295-04:002011-10-04T14:17:19.295-04:00From Richard Malim:
I too will greatly miss Tom Hu...From Richard Malim:<br />I too will greatly miss Tom Hunter whose wise correspondence both to Phaeton and myself I always found encouraging and instructive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-55509821409700424072011-10-04T14:16:20.822-04:002011-10-04T14:16:20.822-04:00From Sidney Lubow:
I always learned something I d...From Sidney Lubow:<br /><br />I always learned something I did not know from Tom, a gentle-hearted soul on his way to Paradise. We will miss him.<br /><br /><i>Tell me not in mournful numbers.<br />Life is but an empty dream!<br />For the soul is dead that slumbers,<br />And things are not what they seem.<br /><br />Life is real! Life is earnest!<br />And the grave is not its goal;<br />Dust thouAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-25160577049833923612011-10-04T10:11:30.851-04:002011-10-04T10:11:30.851-04:00So sad to hear this devastating news.
I will be f...So sad to hear this devastating news.<br /><br />I will be forever grateful to Tom for wholeheartedly <br />supporting the Shakespeare read aloud group. Annette and I especially cherish the<br />enthusiasm with which he tackled the reading of A Christmas Carol at our house a couple of years ago and for being such a gracious host at his house gatherings near the holiday season.<br /><br />You Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-4465786262065994002011-10-03T21:18:05.084-04:002011-10-03T21:18:05.084-04:00I would like Tom's family to know how much I m...I would like Tom's family to know how much I miss him already and extend my deepest sympathy. I recall first meeting Tom on one of our forums and knew right away that here was a clear, honest voice from a man who drew upon all of himself for his ideas and insights. I valued him more and more as time went on and was always glad to see him in person. Tom, you remain in our hearts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-63552479890237349492011-10-03T20:48:41.955-04:002011-10-03T20:48:41.955-04:00I had the immense pleasure of going round Detroit ...I had the immense pleasure of going round Detroit with Tom and hanging out with him and Rosey a few years ago. Rosey and Lisa, my deepest sympathy to you and all his extended family. "We shall not look upon his like again."Sarah Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755901047525840535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-76097166036192445202011-10-03T18:02:40.979-04:002011-10-03T18:02:40.979-04:00My first encounter with Tom Hunter was through one...My first encounter with Tom Hunter was through one of the list-serves. He offerred to check for me a reference I had seen--because he was going to the Folger Shakespeare Library himself. This indicated essential human generosity. When I ran into him soon after at the Ashland conference in April 2011, he confirmed the impression of warmth. He was a mensch, someone of bright natural cheer. It William Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09012399534900562162noreply@blogger.com