Stratfordians fighting on two fronts now the Vatican weighs in

| November 20, 2011

My blog post about the Vatican’s coming out for the Catholic Bard thesis and Peter Dickson’s flamboyant response is now available. Dickson comments: “Given the report concerning the bombshell announcement and apparent claim by the Vatican’s official newspaper (L’Osservatore Romano), anti-Stratfordians and Oxfordians can never say I did not warn them since 1998 of the importance of the [...]

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“R[eliable] S[ource]” and “Fringe Theory” Authorship Question – Some Comments and (Below) a Guest Post by Richard Whalen…

| November 19, 2011

Many readers will already have heard something about the authorship wiki-wars. One of the fictions effectively perpetrated on unwitting newbies in these edit battles by the usual gang of diehard orthodoxists is that anything dealing in an intelligent way with the authorship question does not constitute a “reliable source” (is not RS) — apparently because [...]

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Freedom of Inquiry Alive and Well at WSU

| November 18, 2011

 Dr. Michael Delahoyde and his student Leda Zakarias at Washington State University in Pullman, WN, speak out on the authorship question on local news.

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Can You Pass Today’s Quiz?

| November 17, 2011

  Understanding Shakespeare’s Bible allusions is not a spectator sport. Test your ability against the experts. Can you pass the Shakespeare Bible  Allusion Quiz? It doesn’t bite, promise….and will not affect your semester grade unless, of course you pass….:) More on the de Vere Bible annotations.

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The Critics, Anonymous, and the Shakespeare Question

| November 16, 2011

I’ve noticed something striking about the critical response to Anonymous.  According to data available on Moviephone,  which not only collates reviews by professionals but  also supplies a forum for ordinary moviegoers to post their own evaluations, there’s a huge perception gap about how good or how bad a movie it is (if I were Sony, I’d [...]

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Keir Cutler PhD: "Is Shakespeare Dead?"

"A magnificently witty performance!" (Winnipeg Sun). "Highly entertaining and engrossing!" (EYE Weekly). "Is Shakespeare Dead? marshals startling facts into an elegant and often tenacious argument that floats on a current of delicious irony" (Montreal Gazette).