Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

A prayer for faithful Oberoners: One day I saw upon the shelf A playwright who was not himself. He was not himself again today, Oh, how I wish he would go away. George Hunter  Retired Social Worker  Wayne State University, Detroit Thank you Hughes Mearns (Antigonish)

Oberon Shakesp... By edited by Linda T... Book Preview An eBook version of the Oberon Shakespeare Study Group Yearbook 2012 is available FREE from Blurb at  http://www.blurb.com/b/4020042-oberon-shakespeare-study-group-yearbook-2012 . Print editions of the book are also available at publication price. The yearbook features all posts to the Oberon weblog published during 2012. Editions of previous yearbooks are also available at Blurb. Links to previous editions are listed in the sidebar of this blog. To access books, click on the book image in the illustration.

Happy New Year!  Our first meeting of 2013 is coming up fast. We will be meeting this coming Monday, January 28, at 6:45 PM at the Bloomfield Township Library (1099 Lone Pine Road) The Library is located on the northeast corner of Lone Pine Rd and Telegraph Rd although the entrance to the parking lot is off of a side road (Timberlake Rd). To get there, go east on Lone Pine Rd from Telegraph and then  turn right at the first street you come to (it's actually pretty obvious where to turn because you will see the library there). Although I'm not positive about it, I believe that our meeting room will be down the stairs you come to when you enter the library. Among the usual exchange of information and updates on upcoming events we will be hearing from Tom Townsend, our Chair, on the topic of Shakespeare's amount of "learning" and comparison of his "signatures" with other contemporary signatures. It is a fascinating topic with obvious impor...

Hi all, Some of you may recognize the title of this post as a paraphrase of a line spoken by Angelo in Act II, scene 2 of Measure for Measure . The actual quotation begins "The law hath not been dead". I think that the title is apt, since (for various reasons) there have been no posts to this blog since October 30 and I didn't want anyone to think that there is any problem with the Oberon group. In fact, we are very much alive! We are having our Annual Holiday Party this Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Hogan's Restaurant in Bloomfield Hills and then have our first group meeting on January 28, 2013 at the Bloomfield Township Library. There will be more details on these events in a later post. We should all be looking forward to a new year with several expected events and opportunities to further our knowledge of Shakespeare and his times and to promote interest in the Authorship Question. I am already looking forward to the next Annual Joint Confer...

At our October meeting last night, Oberon members elected a new slate of officers: Tom Townsend will be chair; Richard Joyrich will be vice-chair, Sue Munsell will be treasurer, and Linda Theil will be secretary. 

News highlights as reported by Oberon Chair and outgoing Shakespeare Oxford Society President Richard Joyrich from the 2012 Shakespeare Oxford Society/Shakespeare Fellowship annual conference held in Pasadena, CA Oct. 18-21, 2012: John Hamill was elected SOS president by the Shakespeare Oxford Society board. Tom Regnier is the new Shakespeare Fellowship president. The Shakespeare Oxford Society and the Shakespeare Fellowship presented  Shakespeare Authorship Coalition President John Shahan the 2012 Oxfordian of the Year award at the conference banquest October 21. Actor Michael York was present to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Shakespeare Oxford Society and the Shakespeare Fellowship. Next year's joint SOS/SF conference will be held in Toronto, Canada, and will include a side trip to Stratford, Ontario. SOS board member and Oberon chair Richard Joyrich will work on the conference committee along with new Shakespeare Fellowship board member Toro...

The Academy of Early Music will host a screening of the 1912 silent film Queen Elizabeth  with Sarah Bernhardt at 8 p.m. October 12. 2012 at the Michigan Theater,  603 E. Liberty in Ann Arbor. The film will be accompanied by the Newberry Consort performing live a new soundtrack composed of music by Elizabethan era composers William Byrd, Thomas Campion, and John Dowland. Consort director David Douglass will precede the film with a discussion of Elizabethan music at 7 p.m., one hour before the 8 p.m. showtime. Tickets are $20 for general seating. For tickets and information see the Academy of Early Music website or call 734-528-1838.