Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

In the November 2011 edition of Interview Magazine , Royal Young talks to Hilary Roe Metternich about her father's book  The Shakespeare Guide to Italy: Retracing the Bard's Unknown Travels  by John Paul Roe. The Shakespeare Guide to Italy was released this week by Harper Perennial.  In the Interview article titled "Hilary Roe on the Bard of Verona" , Young opens the door to Roe's life and work: Though Richard Paul Roe passed away in 2010, in a Shakespearean twist, his daughter Hilary Roe Metternich, a Greek and Roman scholar, helped him publish it posthumously. We spoke with Hilary about her father's own complex persona, from studying chemistry to flying bombers over Naples to cracking Shakespeare, why he had his doubts, and how he set out to prove them. Young asked Metternich about her position on the topic of the Shakespeare authorship. She replied with a laugh:  Well, of course, I am going to agree with my father. The person who wrote these plays ha...

Dear Oberon,   It's time for another Oberon meeting! Yes, I know that we just had one two weeks ago, but it must be so. The meeting will be this coming Thursday at the Farmington Hills Library on 12 Mile Road at 6:45 PM.   This will be the final time we will be meeting at this location (unless someone who lives or works in Farmington Hills will step up and commit to being present at EVERY meeting), so don't miss your chance to participate in a historic occasion (it will be like the last game at Tiger Stadium, well, maybe not).   Tom Townsend will be reprising the excellent presentation he did at the recent Joint Conference in Washington, DC on  Romeo and Juliet . Trust me, after seeing this presentation you will never look at this play the same way again.   We will discuss our plans for meeting in the future (now that we are temporarily homeless). I will, of course, keep all of you informed of any decisions (although it would be better if you w...

Christopher Paul reports that his review of  Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom  by Charles Beauclerk has been translated into German by the Neue Shake-speare Gesellschaft (New Shake-speare Society) for the current edition of the  NEW SHAKE-SPEARE JOURNAL :  Christopher Paul, "Shakespeares verlorenes Königreich,"  NEUES SHAKE-SPEARE JOURNAL  New Series 2 (2011), 13-31. The German-language review is available on-line in PDF format at  http://shake-speare-today.de/ front_content.php?idart=568 . Paul's original English version of the review was published in  Brief Chronicles  II (2010, Print Edition), 244-57, available on the  Brief Chronicles  website ( http://www.briefchronicles. com/ojs/index.php/bc/index.php ) at  http://www.briefchronicles. com/ojs/index.php/bc/article/ view/73. From the review: The underlying theme of Beauclerk’s book is based upon two separate Prince Tudor (PT) theories, over which Oxfordians a...

Shakespeare Authorship Research Centre  (SARC) Director Dan Wright, PhD announced that SARC and Portland Center Stage will host "The Anonymous Colloquium" on January 28 and 29, 2012 at the Gerding Theatre at the Armory in downtown Portland, Oregon. Wright said that the purpose of the colloquium is to ". . . discuss approaches to teaching the Shakespeare authorship question with the aid of [Roland Emmerich's film] Anonymous and to develop a curriculum that the SARC will publish for use in schools, colleges and universities across the USA and around the world." Wright described the goals of the colloquium to readers of the SARC electronic mailing list: We are going to use teacher-inspired and student-informed ideas to create options for schools, universities and lay forums to use so they can utilize [Roland Emmerich's film]  Anonymous , in whole or in part, in teaching situations that are adaptable not only to audiences but to time, place and perspective...

  Richard Paul Roe's book,  The Shakespeare Guide to Italy: Retracing the Bard's Unknown Travels , (Harper Collins, 2011) goes on sale November 8, 2011 at Amazon and other bookstores. The book is sold in trade paperback and ebook formats. A starred review in Library Journal said: A fascinating look at a largely untouched aspect of Shakespeare's identity and influences. Recommended for Shakespeare enthusiasts and scholars as well as travelers looking for a new perspective, this is also particularly intriguing as a companion to specific plays. Twenty years of meticulous research at the sites of Shakespeare plays in Italy make this posthumously published work of particular interest to those interested in the Shakespeare authorship question. According to the publisher: Using the text from Shakespeare's ten "Italian Plays" as his only compass, Roe determined the exact locations of nearly every scene in Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merc...

Former Shakespeare Oxford Society trustee Katherine Chiljan will discuss her new Shakespeare authorship book,  Shakespeare Suppressed: The Uncensored Truth about Shakespeare and His Works  (Faire Editions, 2011) at two Contra Costa County libraries in California next week. She will appear from 6-8 p.m. November 3, 2011 at the Walnut Creek Library, and will present a slide talk at 7 p.m. November 8, 2011 at the Danville Library.  Oxfordian Hank Whittemore said in his discussion of Chiljan's book, "Shakespeare Suppressed by Katherine Chiljan -- new revelations about the Earl of Essex, King James and the Earl of Southampton" , " Katherine Chiljan has written a new Oxfordian/authorship book that wipes out the Stratford man forever. I suggest it represents a new landmark book that belongs on our shelves." More info at:  http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19216356

Director Laura Wilson's anti-Stratfordian Shakespeare authorship film,  Last Will., &Testament , will debut November 27, 2011 at Shakespeare's Globe in London. The  Shakespearean Authorship Trust  and Brunel University will host this advance screening of the documentary from First Folio Pictures, Inc., directed by SAT trustee Lisa Wilson, who consulted on the set of Roland Emmerich's 2011 Shakespeare authorship film,  Anonymous . According to the SAT website: Last Will. & Testament is a 90-minute film that explores the evolution of the authorship question since Shakespeare’s time, with particular reference to William Shakspere of Stratford and Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, though other candidates are discussed. Among those defending the orthodox position are Stanley Wells and Jonathan Bate, both of whom were invited to speak at the conference. The documentary is beautifully shot and has exclusive access to footage of Roland Emmerich’s...