The Lone Oxfordian: Recent Comments

Comment on Shakespeare Authorship Studies Conference in Portland, Oregon, April 16-19.

2010-03-06T10:22:56Z

I haven't read Shakespeare since leaving school. I know this is a dreadful admission by that list your post has stimulated me to do something about it.

Comment on Happy 400th Birthday to our dear friend, The Sonnets!

2010-03-05T10:39:12Z

Awesome tips. I’ll be passing this post on for sure

Comment on "Principum Amicitias" : Does it matter?

2010-03-05T05:29:39Z

Thanks for such a great read.
You made me late for work reading this. Nice blog, just bookmarked it to come back later.I found your site on delicious today and really liked it..

Comment on Happy 400th Birthday to our dear friend, The Sonnets!

2010-03-04T10:03:40Z

Hi,
I feel a lot more people need to read this, very good info!

Comment on Happy 400th Birthday to our dear friend, The Sonnets!

2010-03-03T07:01:10Z

It’s hard to find knowledgeable people on this topic, but you sound like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks

Comment on Symposium: Shakespeare from the Oxfordian Perspective

2010-03-02T06:16:38Z

The updated version by Warren Hope and Kim Holston of their earlier survey of the Shakespeare Authorship Question. Includes an annotated bibliography of selected publications on the SAQ.A concise introduction to the Shakespeare Authorship Question. An excellent resource for students new to the controversy.

Comment on Symposium: Shakespeare from the Oxfordian Perspective

2009-12-08T21:23:36Z

The Shakespeare authorship debate has been a lifelong interest of mine. I am an Oxfordian.

For me, the only point that is murky is the so called “1604 problem”. If Edward de Vere died in 1604, how does one explain the fact that new plays continued to surface long after his death?

Thanks very mech.

Most sincerely,

David N. Guthrie
12117 Goddard Avenue
Overland Park, KS 66213

Comment on Actor Kenneth Branagh moving towards Oxford?

2009-05-25T17:56:12Z

Thanks for interesting article. I will take into consideration.

Comment on Actor Kenneth Branagh moving towards Oxford?

2009-05-17T14:17:01Z

I think it's only fair to correct this post in that Branagh came out the next day or two and said he's still a staunch Stratfordian. I wish he'd switch over to Oxford, but I'm sure there are a lot of good financial reasons he doesn't. (Or perhaps he really believes in the Stratford lad.) In respect to Branagh, I'd urge a new post that makes his views clear. At least he's nibbling at the Oxford bait.

Comment on Actor Kenneth Branagh moving towards Oxford?

2009-05-05T14:50:46Z

It appears that the shift in authorial paradigm is coming from the theatrical establishment, with Jacobi, Rylance, and Branagh convinced of the Oxfordian source for "Shakespeare". Acting has a necessary concern for social and political truth, otherwise psychological understanding is impossible. You can't fake and fudge motivation on the stage like you can behind a typewriter. The primary means of comprehending live personal veracity is knowing the author's own life and thought. At this historical point the major Shakespearean actors don't have a stake in maintaining the sanctification of English political power which required "an unlifted shadow" to fall over Oxford's name all these years. I suppose the powers that be today know better than to tangle with their artists. Academicians won't have that kind of moral freedom until they struggle for it. Then Shakespearean scholarship will include accessible but formerly unacceptable fact. As Edward Hyde put it, "All cultures set their watchful dogs around their eternal cattle."