Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

Shakespeare Authorship Conference organizer Don Rubin (right) and assistants Chad Froude (left) and Peter Andrusiak (center) prepare for a second successful day at the Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. Shakespeare Fellowship President Tom Regnier beams after successful presentation on the errors in Clarkson and Warner's analysis of Shakespeare's knowledge of the law. Gerit Quealy presented a fascinating look at how authorship study informs the work of actors. York University theater students Michael Atlin and Jade Lattanzi illustrated Quealy's talk wearing t-shirts she designed based on the Droushout engraving in the First Folio . Check out availability on her Facebook page, History Chiq.

Professor Don Rubin  of the Department of Theater,  York University  will convene a one-day conference on the Shakespeare authorship question from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., April 7, 2012 at York University in downtown Toronto. The event is open to the public and the cost will be modest, according to Rubin. A preliminary list of events includes: Shakespeare By Another Name   author  author Mark Anderson as keynote speaker, Keir Cutler  presenting "Is Shakespeare Dead?", a panel discussion chaired by Rubin, and Lamberto Tassinari author of  John Florio: the Man Who Was Shakespeare . Rubin plans on including representatives from the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario and others.  The Toronto conference is the culmination of a new, one-semester, three-credit, seminar for fourth-year students offered by the York University Department of Theater titled "Shakespeare: The Authorship Question". The class begins in January 2012. When asked about ...