Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

Actor and poet Alain English by Linda Theil The Central London Debating Society will host a debate on the Shakespeare authorship question at 7:30 p.m. April 30, 2014 at the The Olde Cock Tavern Pub, 22 Fleet Street, London. The event is being organized by London-based actor and poet, Alain English , who is an associate of the society. English said: This will be an open panel debate with the motion "Does the Shakespeare Authorship Question Matter?". All the speakers will talk for five minutes before taking questions from the floor. The Central London Debating Society, of which I am a member, is cautious about approaching this subject matter having never really done so before but I am hoping if it is successful it will pave the way for a proper debate on the matter. We are looking for an extra speaker on the Stratfordian side just to balance things out a little but if not I will speak myself in addition to Alan Nelson, Ros Barber and William Leahy and I will intro...

by Linda Theil Oberon chair Richard Joyrich, MD will kick off the lnstitute for Retired Professionals spring mini-series of lectures with a talk titled “Shakespeare beyond Doubt?”about the Shakespeare authorship question. He will speak at 11 a.m. March 14, 2014 at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit , 6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322. Tickets for non-members are $5 at the door. No reservations are needed; for information, call 248-967-4030 X 2018. Joyrich is a physician in nuclear medicine with a passion for Shakespeare. He has attended the Shakespeare festival in Stratford, Ontario every year since 1972 and has seen the entire canon at least twice. He is currently a trustee of the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship and supports many organizations and researchers in the Shakespeare authorship field.  Resources: www.jccdet.org irp@jccdet.org https://www.facebook.com/IRP.JCC

Albergo San Domenico in Urbino, Italy by Linda Theil A new, not-for-profit cultural association called Shakespeare in Italy announced this month that it will conduct a residential summer school   in association with Urbino University during July 12-26, 2014. Participants will reside in the Albergo San Domenico , a sixteenth century religious complex in the main square of Urbino, Italy. The cost of the program is €1965 and the deadline for application is April 30, 2014. Association marketing director Rachel Kruger Hoath said: The course is aimed at anyone with a passion for Shakespeare and Italy, young or old. The company has been set up by the actor Julian Curry (Erskine-Brown in Rumpole of the Bailey ) and his wife Mary Chater. The leaders will be directors and actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company, including RSC associate director Bill Alexander. Background material on the association’s webpage described the program: The summer sch...

by Linda Theil At the Oberon meeting on Monday night, January 27, 2014, the Oberon Shakespeare Study Group elected leadership for this year. Richard Joyrich was elected chair; Ron Halsted is vice-chair; and Rey Perez was elected treasurer. The office of secretary was not filled.  Our current chair, Tom Townsend, is unable to accept a position because he and his wife, Joy, are planning a move to Seattle this summer where they hope to participate in a Shakespeare authorship group in the area. Tom and Joy are our great friends and we are so happy they are embarking on this wonderful adventure.

by Linda Theil Oberon Shakespeare Study Group Yearbook 2013 by edited by Linda Theil | Make Your Own Book The 2013 Oberon yearbook of weblog posts is now available as an eBook free from Blurb.com. Hardcover and softcover print editions are also available as print-on-demand books sold at cost from the publisher, Blurb.com. The 60-page softcover edition on basic grade paper costs $30.49 plus shipping. To order, go to Blurb at http://blur.by/1fepykT  where you can preview the entire book. For free eBook, check "RELATED EDITIONS" under "ADD TO CART" button. The 2013 yearbook contains posts about the 2013 SOS/SF conference in Toronto, Oberon trip to see Wells and Edmondson in Stratford, Ontario, other events and commentary on the topic of the Shakespeare authorship. Other Oberon yearbooks are also available; preview editions by clicking the individual book badges in the sidebar of this blog.

Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship trustee Earl Showerman, MD, said today that he will serve as interim director for the Richard Paul and Jane Roe Shakespeare Authorship Research Centre  (SARC) annual Shakespeare authorship studies conference at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon on April 11-13, 2014. Acting as ambassador for the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship board of trustees, Showerman traveled to Portland this week to confer with Dr. David Kluth -- dean of the Concordia University College of Theology, Arts and Sciences -- who is acting as interim director of SARC since the center's founder and director Daniel Wright, PhD, is no longer employed by the university. (See "Dan Wright leaves Concordia U."  Jan. 29, 2014) A statement by Showerman along with a preliminary roster of conference speakers was posted today on the SOF webpage at "Showerman to act as interim chairperson of SARC annual conference". Update: January 25, 2014 SOF News: "Keir Cut...

Richard Waugaman, MD by Linda Theil Richard Waugaman's article  " The Psychology of Shakespeare Biography: An Update " will be published in the 2015 edition of the Italian Shakespeare journal Memoria di Shakespeare . The journal -- which prints in both English and Italian -- will devote this entire issue to the topic of Shakespeare's biography.  Memoria di Shakespeare  co-editor Maria Valentini told Waugaman:  We found your articles extremely interesting and absolutely pertinent to our forthcoming issue on 'Shakespearian biographies'. We would be delighted to have an article by you. Waugaman's contribution is an update of a 2009 article that originally appeared in Brief Chronicles . Waugaman added: Some of the updated material [also] comes from my  2012 article  in   The Oxfordian , “ The Psychopathology of Stratfordianism.” I’ll also refer to the power of narratives — Stratfordian versus post-Stratfordian. I plan to add some materi...