Oberons honor George Thomas Hunter

George Thomas Hunter (1923-2015)

On February 22, 2015, Oberon members honored the memory of our friend and colleague George Thomas Hunter who passed away at the age of 91 on February 3, 2015.

Richard Joyrich, Mara Radzvickas, Pam Verlone, Barbara Burris, Linda Theil, and George's niece-in-law Rosey Hunter attended his memorial service at the Birmingham Unitarian Church of Bloomfield Hills where George and his wife Sharon have been long-time members.

The Reverend Dr. Kathy Hurt presided over the service, and the Hunter's daughter Linda Hunter, son Chris Hunter, and nephew Jon Hunter eulogized our friend. Oberon chair Richard Joyrich expressed our loss and sympathy during the sharing portion of the memorial.

Before he passed away, George requested that those in attendance sing the song "Smiles" at his memorial. Linda Hunter and her husband and brother sang the verses and we all joined in on the chorus:

There are smiles that make us happy,There are smiles that make us blue,There are smiles that steal away the teardrops,As the sunbeams steal away the dew.There are smiles that have a tender meaning, That the eyes of love alone may see,And the smiles that fill my life with sunshineAre the smiles that you give to me.

by Lee Roberts and Will Callahan, 1917

Waugaman named Oxfordian of the Year 2021

by Linda Theil Waugaman taking his first selfie in his home office in Potomac Maryland The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship named Richard Waugaman, MD, Oxfordian of the Year 2021 at their annual conference on October 9, 2021. Waugaman is a clinical professor of psychiatry on the faculty of Georgetown University, a training and supervising analyst emeritus with the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, and is in private practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis in Potomac, Maryland. For over a decade Waugaman has published extensively on the topic of Shakespeare authorship including work in journals outside the normal reach of the subject such as Psychoanalytic Quarterly , the International Journal of Psychoanalytic Studies , and Contemporary Psychoanalysis . He has presented on the topic before such diverse venues as the International Psychoanalytic Congress, the New Directions Conference, the Shakespeare Association of America, the American Shakespeare Center, and the Cosmos Club in ...

What's a popp'rin' pear?

James Wheaton reported yesterday in the Jackson Citizen Patriot that the Michigan Shakespeare Festival high school tour of Romeo and Juliet was criticized for inappropriate content -- " So me take issue with sexual innuendoes in Michigan Shakespeare Festival’s High School Tour performances of ‘Romeo & Juliet’" : Western [High School] parent Rosie Crowley said she was upset when she heard students laughing about sexual content in the play afterwards. Her son didn’t attend the performance Tuesday because of another commitment, she said. “I think the theater company should have left out any references that were rated R,” Crowley said. “I would say that I’ve read Shakespeare, and what I was told from the students, I’ve never read anything that bad.” She said she objected to scenes that involved pelvic thrusting and breast touching and to a line in which Mercutio makes suggestive comments to Romeo after looking up the skirt of a female. The problem with cutting out...

Dudley nails it to the door

Michael Dudley author of The Shakespeare Authorship Question and Philosphy: Knowledge, Rhetoric, Identity (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023) Michael Dudley views his vocation of librarian at the University of Manitoba with dialectic rigor. "Librarianship has a duty to inform democracy," he said in Kathryn Sharpe's virtual bookclub on April 27, 2024. Dudley discussed his new book The Shakespeare Authorship Question and Philosophy: Knowledge, Rhetoric, Identity published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing last fall. Update 08/21/24 Dudley's book is also available as an ebook from Google Play . In SAQ and Philosophy Dudley uses the hammer of logic to nail his accusations against the barricaded door of the Shakespeare citadel. "The question of Shakespeare's authorship is a malformed debate practiced in an unethical fashion," Dudley said. When asked why his book is important, Dudley said: "What sets my book apart from others on the authorship quest...

Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

Search This Blog