Sunday, October 25, 2009

Boar Earrings

Need a perfect present for an Oxfordian lady? Take a look at these gold-plated boar earrings, made from two Bermuda pennies. The coin cutter is a Seattle man who sells on ETSY, and I'm considering asking him to make me a pair in silver. They would be the perfect thing to sport at the upcoming Oxfordian conference in Houston, where it's more than acceptable to put on the pig.

Here is Wally's little boar:
A Cut Above Coins:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28672450

ETSY is a craftsman's paradise, well known to us because our daughter Emily has two shops there, including this one featuring cut stones set in recycled silver and gold:
Pearl Everlasting:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6132900

I think we'll see a rise in Oxfordian items as the authorship transfers. How about a coffee cup with an images that changes from Stratford mask to Oxford's portrait as the "heat is applied"? I have the copyright.
Kathryn

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Shakespeare, Interrupted. NOT.

Don't miss the online version of an August 09 article Shakespeare, Interrupted in Scientific American by Michael Shermer. He dismisses the authorship question, concluding:

"...Reasonable doubt is not enough to dethrone the man from Stratfordupon-Avon, and to date, no overwhelming case has been made for any other author."

(Is that a new pseudonym, "Stratfordupon-Avon"? I'm liking it, big time.)

Despite his disappointing, uninformed, and apparently undeited remarks, you'll find thoughtful comments by Oxfordians including Ian Haste, William Wray, Roger Stritmatter, Nonie Sharpe, and Hank Whittemore. It's worth reading through to the end to find these gems.

And perhaps some of you will want to join the discussion,
Kathryn

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Shakespeare in the Trailer Park

UW Daily reviews local production of "Shrew"...
http://dailyuw.com/2009/7/29/shakespeare-trailer-park-hillbilly-chemistry-makes/

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Intiman to perform Othello

This just in from Sam Saunders:

Othello is to be performed July 7 -- August 2 in the Intiman Playhouse. It is part of the arrangement with Bartlett Sher, Seattle's famed (award winning) Artistic Director at Intiman who transported his South Pacific from Seattle to New York (and it was so well received he became half New Yorker and half Seattleite and now he is giving up his job here to take one half in New York and half in Germany) so now is bringing the entire company from New York's Theatre for a New Audience to perform Othello here.

The New York Time's review of the production there said it was the best Shakespearian production there in the last ten years.

If Ruth Ann and I should see you in the courtyard at the fountain before the afternoon performance on July 18th at the Intiman Playhouse, I will get you a cup of coffee and smile.

Sam the Wranglert.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Reading Looney Online

Good news for those who wish to read J. Thomas Looney's "Shakespeare" Identified in Edward de Vere, the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford.

The entire text of the book is online at the link above.
Kathryn

Friday, May 22, 2009

Wenonah Sharpe to speak in Port Angeles

Wenonah Sharpe, an Oxfordian and supporter of the Shakespeare Authorship Research Centre, will give a talk to the Strait Freethinkers on the "Identity of Shake-speare--Why So Contested?"

It will be presented at the Raymond Carver Room of the Port Angeles Public Library, at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, May 27. The public is welcome to attend this discussion.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Blogging from the bottom of the Shake-Speare mystery

The Wessex group of the Seattle Shakespeare Oxford Society now is blogging Shakespeare Authorship issues and events.

We follow in the footsteps of Oberon, "a Michigan group dedicated to the study of the works of William Shakespeare with particular interest in the authorship question."

The name "Bottom" came to mind after an evening of drinking, dining, and discussion at the Atlas Cafe. More on that later.