Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

Two dozen Shakespeare-lovers had a wonderful time at Oberon's UN-birthday party last night. The cake from VG's was delicious! Everyone loved Ron Song Destro's film, and discussion of the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt was interesting and lively. Mara picks up information about the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt. Rosey H. and Joy T. help themselves to UN-birthday cake and coffee. Oberon Chairperson Tom Hunter welcomes visitors.

View from the Tappan Zee bridge The White Plains SOS/SF authorship conference blew us away with over 20 presenters offering insights into Elizabethan history and authorship issues. Bonner Miller Cutting’s exhaustively researched paper on Shaksper’s will, Frank Davis’ meticulous analysis of Henslow’s diary, and Robert Brazil’s 70-page treatise on Angel Daye’s The English Secretary stand out for me. Yet, despite the fun and fascination of a jam-packed schedule of outstanding presentations, the most exciting aspect of the 2008 SOS/SF conference was the powerful wind that blew through the authorship landscape. We blinked thrice and discovered our Oxfordian island had become a promontory, pointing the way to a brave new view of the world. The new view: Mark Anderson’s keynote insisted that 1604 is the Oxfordian “ace in the hole”. No longer, said Anderson, must Oxfordians whimper apologetically about the unfortunate demise of our hero before all the plays had been written. Turn i...