Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

Ron Halstead at Festival Theatre in Stratford, Ontario October 4, 2014 by Linda Theil At Ron Halstead's (1940-2014) memorial service on November 22, 2014, O beron member Robin Browne spoke of our beloved friend at William Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, Royal Oak, Michigan where mourners gathered to honor Ron, and comfort his wife of 47 years, Oberon co-founder Barbara Ann Burris. Oberons also attending included George and Sharon Hunter, Rosie Hunter, Richard Joyrich, Rey Perez, Linda Theil, Pam Verlone, and Mara  Radzvickas. Robin Browne said: An article in  The Eccentric  pinpoints the date I first met Barbara Burris and Ron Halstead: Wednesday 18 October 2000. We met at the Baldwin Library in Birmingham, Michigan, following a wonderful lecture given by a researcher from Northern England, Derran Charlton.  I quote from the newspaper which I have kept these past fourteen years: ‘The retired coalminer, Mr. Charlton, was sipping tea at the Roya...

Posted by Richard Joyrich I am quite saddened to have to report the sudden passing of our dear friend Ronald Halstead last Friday (November 7, 2014). Ron has been a long-standing member of the Oberon group and will be sorely missed.  There will be a memorial service for Ron at William Sullivan and Son Funeral Home at 705 W 11 Mile Road in Royal Oak (east of Woodward and west of Main St) at 3-5 PM. Here is a link to the obituary and other information on the funeral home website:  http://www.sullivanfuneraldirectors.com/obituary/Ronald-Douglas-Halstead/Royal-Oak-MI/1449423 We, at Oberon, will be preparing a special memorial page on this blog in the near future with more details about Ron's many contributions to Oberon and to the wider Shakespeare Authorship community. We will welcome any personal comments or remembrances of Ron at that time. In the meantime, please join me in wishing the best to Ron's wife Barbara Burris and Ron's entire family an...

by Linda Theil Matt Wyneken enjoyed breakfast at Features restaurant on Ontario St. in downtown Stratford before 10:30 a.m. "Authorship Appeal" moot court. A contingent of Oberons hit the road again this weekend to attend the "Authorship Appeal" moot court sponsored by the Stratford Festival in Ontario as part of its annual Forum series. Ron Halstead stands outside the Festival Theater in Stratford, Ontario before attending the October 4, 2014 "Authorship Appeal" moot court. Matt Wyneken, Ron Halstead and I attended the event held in the Festival Theatre on October 4 where we watched litigator Guy Pratte contend against the Stratfordian attribution of the Shakespeare canon before the Right Honorable Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada. We met-up with old friends Lynne and Michael Kositsky.  Lynne Kositsky shared the news that she has two new young adult books out: With Fearful Bravery and The Plagues of...

by Linda Theil Richard Joyrich at American Players Theatre, Spring Green, WI, Sept. 13, 2014 Richard Joyrich, Ron Halstead, and I attended the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship conference in Madison, Wisconsin September 11-14. Richard is secretary to the SOF board and served on the conference committee; Ron presented on the topic of "What's Hecuba to Him? Connecting Life and Drama in Hamlet "; and I gave a speech on mobile-media basics. Oberon member Ron Halstead presented Sept. 14, 2014 at SOF conference in Madison, WI. It was a lot of fun! And I'm hoping Joyrich will post his notes on the entire event. Chef Jeremy Lynch of Enos Farms, Spring Green WI On Saturday night we all went to the American Players' Theatre in Spring Green where we had a great picnic prepared by chef Jeremy Lynch of Enos Farms . We had tickets to the APT production of Much Ado, with David Daniel -- who entertained us with theatrical insight during dinner -- as Bened...

Cobbe portrait (dressed just like Droushaut! L.T.) Dear Oberon, The world of Shakespeare is all atwitter about the so-called Cobbe portrait ( NYT report  ) being in any way a rendering of the man Shakespeare.  In the mean time, our new member Robert Duha--let  us welcome him as a member if we haven't before--has contributed really good evidence as to what the noise is all about. You will want to be at our meeting this coming Thursday evening, March 19, at the Farmington Library in our usual place, Room A to be in on the excitement. As if that weren't enough, the main course will be Ron Halstead's presentation on  Measure for Measure , an especially intriguing play. Ron usually throws great light on the subject, and any light he can throw on this play, one of the darker Shakespeare plays, will be welcome indeed. After Ron, we will also be hashing out plans for the Shakespeare's UNbirthday meeting coming up fast now on April 23.  The UNbirthd...