Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

David Montee, PhD, is the director of Interlochen Center for the Arts April 21, 22, 23, 2017 production of Gregory Doran's version of  Cardenio , a lost play attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. In this post, Montee shares his program notes on the history of Shakespeare's "lost play". Montee recently became a signatory to John Shahan's "Declaration of Reasonable Doubt about the Identity of William Shakespeare." LT, ed David Montee, PhD, author of  Translating Shakespeare: a Guide for Young Actors  (Smith & Kraus 2014) Cardenio's timeline by guest blogger David Montee, PhD 1564—1616:  William Shakespeare’s life and career. 1623:   The first publication of Shakespeare’s collected plays, the First Folio. 1727:   Theatre entrepreneur, playwright, and Shakespeare editor Lewis Theobald announces that he has found and purchased “at considerable cost” three copies of a manuscript of a hitherto unknown Shakesp...

David Montee, PhD, visits Oberon meeting March 11, 2017 at Bloomfield Twp. Library, Bloomfield Hills, MI by Linda Theil David Montee, PhD, visited Oberons at our March 11, 2017 meeting to discuss the    "Shakespeare Authorship Symposium"  that he has organized at Interlochen Center for the Arts from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. April 22, 2017 in the  Harvey Theater at Interlochen . Oberon chair Richard Joyrich, MD, will be one of three featured speakers at the symposium. Montee and his colleagues at Interlochen organized the symposium to supplement Interlochen's student production of Gregory Doran's version of Cardenio , a lost play attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare that Montee directs for presentation April 21, 22, 23, 2017. Montee said: I think [the question of Cardenio's authorship] ties-in with the larger questions about the whole [Shakespeare] authorship question. It’s becoming kind of murky whether there is a single author in any of t...

The erudite and accessible Richard Waugaman, M.D. has published a second and expanded edition of his first book, Newly Discovered Works by "William Shake-Speare": a.k.a. Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford , now available as a Kindle edition from Amazon. Waugaman said: Two new chapters add 30% more material, and I've made other revisions throughout. Both new chapters attribute translations from Latin into English to de Vere -- the  Metamorphoses   traditionally attributed to his uncle; and a 1570 translation of Johann Sturm's short work on rhetoric.   In both of these new chapters, I present detailed philological evidence for de Vere's authorship, including unusual spellings; word coinages including "to coin" a word and words starting "un-"; and especially the highly Shakespearean use of hendiadys -- "the figure of twins," as de Vere called it in the  Arte of English Poesie .  UPDATE Jan. 28, 2017:   You can get the secon...

by Linda Theil Oberon chair Richard Joyrich, MD, will speak at the   "Shakespeare Authorship Symposium" hosted by Interlochen Center for the Arts at 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 22, 2017 in the Harvey Theater at Interlochen . Oberons plan to attend the day-long event, as well as the Interlochen production of Cardenio , attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare, and directed by Interlochen instructor Dr. David Montee . Montee said: In honor of the Interlochen Theatre Division’s production of Cardenio, a “lost” play by William Shakespeare, and Shakespeare’s birthday/death day on April 23, we invite you to join us for a special day-long symposium on Saturday, April 22 to examine the authorship issue surrounding Shakespeare’s works. A distinguished panel of invited Shakespeare scholars, including Dr. Sabrina Feldman, author of  The Apocryphal Shakespeare  and  The Shakespearean Glass Slipper , and Dr. Richard Joyrich, founding member of the Obero...

by Linda Theil Mara Radzvickas and Reinaldo Perez at Beau's in Bloomfield Twp. MI, June 26, 2015. The obituary of our colleague Reinaldo Perez (1944-2016)  has been published at  Legacy website  and will appear in the  Detroit News  and the  Detroit Free Press  today, January 15, 2017. Although no information regarding memorial services is yet available, Perez' obituary informs us that his cremated remains will be interred in Orlando, Florida. Perez' obituary was compiled by his longtime friend, Terry Shaw, who is also known to Oberon members. In her memorial essay, Shaw relates a story of Rey's final day before entering St. Joe Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor on October 26, 2017 where he passed away on   December 12, 2016 due to complications from heart surgery.  Shaw said: The night before his surgery [Rey] spent several hours writing a vigorous response to a recent book about Shakespeare, resulting in only four hours of rest before h...

Reinaldo Perez, 1944-2016 Our long-time friend and colleague Reinaldo Perez (1944-2016) passed away December 12, 2016 at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor due to complications from heart surgery performed October 26, 2016. Rey is deeply mourned by his Oberon friends. Rey was retired from the University of Michigan where he taught in the language department at the Dearborn campus. A memorial gathering will be held in January 2017. More information will be added as it becomes available. UPDATE January 14, 2017: The obituary of Reinaldo Perez has been published at  Legacy website and will appear in the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press on January 15, 2017. No information is yet available regarding memorial services. Pam Verilone and Rey Perez enjoy conversation during the Oberon party at Stage Deli --  annual holiday party on January 4, 2013 at the Stage Deli in West Bloomfield, Michigan Rey Perez with his mother in his homeland, Cuba, where he liv...

Oberons met Nov. 19, 2016 at Bloomfield Twp. Library: Richard Joyrich, Robin Browne, Mara  Radzvickas, Rosey Hunter (back) and Sharon Hunter (back). Photo credit: Linda Theil by Linda Theil Oberon's met on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at the Bloomfield Twp. library for the first time in several months. We were delighted to enjoy the company of Sharon Hunter, Robin Browne, Mara Radzvickas, Rosey Hunter, and our chairperson Richard Joyrich, MD for an afternoon of companionship. We missed our good friend Reynaldo Perez who suffered complications from surgery on October 26 2016 and is currently being cared for at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital at    5301 McAuley Dr, Ypsilanti, MI 48197. We send our love and support. Joyrich reported on the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship's Nov. 3-6 conference in Boston where he retained his first vice-president position on the SOF board of trustees.  Joyrich gave a PowerPoint review of our Oberon colleague Tom Townsend's con...