Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

The  Shakespearean Authorship Trust  -- headed by chairman Mark Rylance -- in collaboration with  Brunel University  will hold a one-day conference at Shakespeare's Globe in London from 11 a.m. go 6 p.m. Sunday, November 28, 2010. The topic of the gathering is  "Shakinomics: Building bridges in Shakespeare studies" . The group defines  Shakinomics   as:  making new connections in Shakespeare studies with particular reference to the cultural capital of Shakespeare; the Shakespeare industry, heritage, tourism, authority, and authorship issues. The bringing together of and mutual respect for knowledge produced by academics, independent scholars, actors, directors, film makers, biographers, and creative writers in the field of Shakespeare studies. Brunel's Dr. William Leahy will host guest speakers: Prof. Willy Maley of Glasgow University  Dr. Sean Gaston of Brunel University Prof. William Rubenstein of Aberwstwyth University Charles Beauc...

Dear Oberon, Just a brief reminder that our regular meeting for June is this Thursday, June 18, at our regular meeting place, the Farmington Public Library on 12 Mile Rd. between Orchard Lake Rd. and Farmington Road. Doors of Conference Room A open at 6:45. We will be making plans for the Michigan Shakespeare Festival on Saturday, August 1, including a presentation table which the Festival has promised to make available to us. Also on the calendar is the Stratford Shakespeare Festival (at which the MSF is taking aim!), the University Musical Society's Globe Theater presentation of Love's Labor's Lost in October, and the SF/SOS national conference in Houston in November. Plus we will plan on taking a closer look at the MSF's two Shakespeare offerings for this year, The Tempest and As You Like It in July. Remember that starting in July we will be meeting on Wednesday evenings in an attempt to better accommodate schedules of our members. Let me know if th...

Dear Oberon, Looking ahead, our next Oberon meeting will be Thursday, June 18, at the Farmington Library; room opens 6:45 p.m. We are most pleased to announce that, courtesy of the Adult Learning Institute, Oberon will be making a donation to the Michigan Shakespeare Festival this year.    I will be presenting “The Real Shakespeare” to ALI at their meeting on October 1, featuring Ron Destro’s “Who Really Wrote as Shake-speare,” which we ran at the UNbirthday party in April to good reviews. Looking back, we covered a lot of territory at our May meeting.    It was good to welcome from the ALI new Oberon member Del M. Final plans have been made for this year’s Oberon Up North, which will take place at or around Torch Lake at the end of June and will include an afternoon at Interlochen, a performance of  The Taming of the Shrew  at Interlochen’s Shakespeare Festival, and a surprise junket into Michigan’s literary history. This year’s participants wi...

      Shakespeare's Globe Theatre performers The University Musical Society has announced Shakepeare's Globe Theatre will present Dominic Dromgoole's production of Loves Labors Lost 8 p.m.   October 20, 22, 23, 24, and 2 p.m. October 25 at the Power Center on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. UMS says: Directed by Dominic Dromgoole, with designs by Jonathan Fensom and music by Claire van Kampen, the production employs Renaissance staging, costume and music. “With a delightful deisgn and jaunty music, it has abundant charm…entirely enchanting.” ( The Times , London)