Sunday, December 12, 2010

Last Shakespeare-Oxford gathering of 2010

The Seattle-Oxford-Shakespeare discussion group had a fruitful year.

We read and discussed Looney, Anderson, and various authors published in Brief Chronicles;
attended authorship conferences in Portland and Ashland; and passed around Cougar gold and Roe's "Guide to Italy." A full report would be delightful but might not be forthcoming.
Let's just say, "You had to be there."

So, don't miss the last meeting of the year:
We'll be in the back room of DelFino's Pizzeria between 6:30 and 7:00 pm
Wednesday December 15th


Here is Sam's announcement: Note the emphasis on the merry hall roaring with drink and laughter.

DelFino's Pizzeria is located near the north entrance to Barnes and Noble in the University Village.
All persons who love Shakespeare and truth are invited and welcome.
Backsliders are welcome too, especially at this meeting because:.
  • this will be the evening when we assemble for the final time in the year MMX.
  • A Large thin-crust Vegitarian, and a large thin-crust Pepperoni pizza and a few pitchers of beer will be ordered preemptively for those of us who do not wish to order a separate meal.
(1) Our program will provide: an opportunity for the hoipolloi to obtain a glance at Kathryn Sharpe' s single, precious, enviable, advance copy of "The Shakespeare Guide to Italy Then and Now" by Richard Paul Roe. [It will be due out to us, general riffraff, next September.]

(2) Sam will recapitualate the most pressing needs AND LATEST TRIUMPHS of the Shakespeare Fellowship as revealed during the most recent Board of Trustees meeting.

(3)Tom Coad will present a short overview of the Shakespeare Authorship Question from his point of view.
(Note from Kathryn: What I told Sam was to let Tom talk without interruption for at least 10 minutes, as a reward for so generously funding Cheryl Egan-Donovon's filming in Italy.)

(4) A review/discussion will be held of the recently seen, innovative SSC production of Hamlet, vis-a-vis the OSF production of Hamlet as viewed by those attending the Shakespeare Fellowship Annual meeting in Ashland in October 2010.

  • This will accord us an opportunity to hear Kathryn Wilson's discussion of some of the contents of the on-line Volume II of Brief Chronicles,
  • including Michael Delahoyde's review of theBeauclerk book therin, as well as an Oxfordian version of Hamlet in preparation.
  • A comparison of the pernicious influence of the controversial book Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom by Charles Beauclerk to the authorship question with that of Looney can be made.

(5) We will, of course, have an opportunity for each of us to present our own most recent, decisive bit of evidence on the Shakespeare Authorship Question [to the shame of all those who still disagree with us]

But most importantly, we will all have an opportunity to "break bread", and share a few pitchers of Widmer Brother's Hefeweisen, while conversing with some of the most astute minds in the Seattle area, and then to exchange `Season's Best' with some of the finer people.

(Note from Kathryn: Hmmmm? I'm losing you here Sam. I hope you mean we're all astute and fine. Of course you do. But the text does not support it.

And I don't think those who disagree are shamed by any of this--even when our ideas are based on evidence. Why should they feel shame? What person that they respect will tell them their belief is wrong? None. Why should they alter a story they prefer, why should they listen to ours? No reason. At least, none they can see, or if they do, they will advance their theories in private. No reason to stick a neck out if it can be avoided.

Besides, there's no rush to have the truth go viral. Let me get some of my plodding research done before the epidemic.)

Please join us,
Kathryn

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