Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

Oberon Shakespeare Study Group Yearbook 2015 By edited by Linda Theil Our 2015 Oberon yearbook is now available from Blurb. The yearbook contains all Oberon web log posts from 2015. An ebook version of the 2015 yearbook is available at no charge from Blurb at http://www.blurb.com/ebooks/p2f5b1d67bc9fe016836a  . Order a hard copy from the Blurb print-on-demand catalog at http://www.blurb.com/b/6927574-oberon-shakespeare-study-group-yearbook-2015 . The 2015 yearbook contains a tribute to Oberon member Thomas George Hunter who passed away last year, an interview with noted author Ros Barber, information about Oberon activities, and articles about notable Shakespeare events in 2015.

Rosey Hunter and Mara Radzvickas (with Richard Joyrich in mirror) relaxing at Beau's after Oberon meeting February 12, 2015. A small group of Oberons met on a frigid Saturday in Michigan this past weekend, and after a fruitful meeting at the Bloomfield Twp. library we adjourned for dinner at  Beau's on West Maple Road and Telegraph in Bloomfield Hills, where we always have a good time. (See Rosey and Mara, above.) Beau's on West Maple and Telegraph in Bloomfield Hills, MI First Folio at DIA At the meeting we discussed plans to attend the Folger's First Folio exhibition running from March 2 - April 3 at the Detroit Institute of Arts with supporting programs at Wayne State University including a free academic conference "Shakespeare and his culture on the stage and on the page" on March 10-11 featuring David Bevington as the keynote speaker at 12:45 p.m. March 10,2016 in the Bernath Auditorium on the Wayne State campus. Shapiro in Stratford ...

by Linda Theil Fed up with the slavish syncophants pouring butter over the head of Columbia University professor James Shapiro in adulation of his newest Shakespeare bio, The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606   (Simon & Schuster, 2015); Mark Anderson, Alexander Waugh, Alex McNeil, and cohort published an annotated rebuttal of the Shapiro oeuvre. The new book is titled Contested Year: Errors, Omissions, and Unsupported Statements in James Shapiro's The Year of Lear , and it is available as a Kindle ebook from Amazon for 99-cents with proceeds going to the Shakespeare Authorship Coalition, The DeVere Society, and the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship. Co-editor Anderson said: Despite Shapiro's many claims in The Year of Lear , not only is there no evidence that Shakespeare wrote King Lear in 1606, but there's no credible evidence the author of the plays was even alive in that year! For more information, see Contested Year at  https://contestedyear1606.wordpress.c...

Macbeth with Michael Fassbinder, film trailer At our Oberon meeting yesterday, Chairperson Richard Joyrich, MD told our group that the Royal Shakespeare Company LIVE! 2015-16 production of The Winter’s Tale with Dame Judy Dench is now showing in limited release at movie theaters across the USA. The film will be shown at The Maple Theater in West Bloomfield, MI on Monday January 12, 2016 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Several Oberon members plan to attend. A list of various dates and venues for showings elsewhere can be found at: http://www.branaghtheatre.com/the-winters-tale/index.php http://the-winters-tale.branaghtheatrelive.com/ Also, the National Theatre LIVE! high-definition broadcast of their 2015 production of Hamlet with Benedict Cumberbatch, will be shown at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. January 17, 2016 at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor.  https://events.umich.edu/event/27422 Joyrich also told us that The Year of Lear: 1606 author, James Shapiro, will be speaking on t...

Dugdales's Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated (1656) online, p. 520 Canadian, Shakespeare-authorship researcher Nina Green gave her Phaeton email discussion-group a new year's gift in her December 31, 2015 message titled "Bookmarks". Green gave us permission to share her insight and her treasure trove of online resources with Oberon readers. Thanks, Nina! Nina Green said: I'm going to be away from my home computer for a while, so I've been transferring bookmarks to the laptop I'm taking with me. I thought Phaeton members and other Oxfordians might find some of them useful for Oxfordian research. The only two which are paid subscriptions are the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the Oxford English Dictionary, but the ODNB features an interesting biography every day which is free.   Incidentally, and on a slightly different topic, I continue to find it absolutely amazing that one can access such an enormous number of old books ...

Rosey Hunter, Richard Joyrich, Reynaldo Perez, Linda Theil, Barbara Burris,  Mara Radzvickas, Pam Verilone, Sharon Hunter  at Oberon holiday gathering in Bloomfield Hills, MI on December 5, 2015 Oberon's gathered yesterday for our annual holiday celebration hosted by Rosey Hunter at her home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Rosey provided a sumptuous spread and Oberons provided good cheer. Rosey phoned Tom and Joy Townsend -- Oberons now residing in Seattle -- to share the festivities. Pam Verilone promised Tom and Joy a photo -- leading to antics that resulted in the very first- ever Oberon selfie, and putting the lie to scurrilous rumors that anti-Strats in any number are incapable of agreeing on anything. Sharon Hunter and Mara Radzvickas at Oberon party Dec. 5, 2015 Hostess Rosey Hunter at Oberon party, Dec. 5, 2015

by Richard Joyrich Last Thursday, October 29, I attended the opening reception of a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine at the Shiffman Medical Library at Wayne State University in Detroit. The exhibition is titled, “’And there’s the humor of it’ Shakespeare and the four humors”. As its name implies, this is an exhibition of Shakespeare’s references to the theory of the four humors regulating the body’s health and also a person’s character or temperament. The exhibit, while small (only 6 standing panels) is well done and informative. It will be on display at the Shiffman Medical Library until November 28 (free admission). Most of the information (i.e. copies of most of what is on each panel) can be found on the online guide that the Wayne State University library system has prepared at http://guides.lib.wayne.edu/Shakespeare . This guide also has information on local places to see performances of the plays as well as links to classroom teaching ai...