Month June 2022
In April I delivered an invited lecture to a members-only meeting of the Shakespeare Authorship Trust, a British organization dedicated to exploring the authorship question, about some annotated books at the Essex Estate of Audley End. John Casson and Bill… Continue Reading →
In his 1616 epigrams Ben Jonson honors Horace Vere, the Protestant military hero and cousin to the 17th Earl of Oxford, in epigram XCI (91) WHich of thy Names I take, not only bears A Roman Sound, but Roman Vertue wears,Illustrious… Continue Reading →
Ben Jonson, the younger colleague of “Shakespeare,” is without question the most important witness for traditional scholars who insist that there is no authorship question. According to Robert Giroux, Jonson is “the man who knew Shakespeare,” and his testimony is… Continue Reading →