Shakespeare Oxford Society to Stage 28th Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia - October 28-31, 2004.SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Conference will observe 20th anniversary of The Mysterious William Shakespeare by Atlanta-native Charlton Ogburn, Jr. and 400th anniversary of the death of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (12 April 1550 – 24 June 1604) was an Elizabethan courtier, playwright, poet, sportsman, patron of numerous writers, and sponsor of at least two acting companies, Oxford's Men and Oxford's Boys. , alias "William Shakespeare" The Shakespeare Oxford Society (SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). ) will hold its 28th annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia, October 28-31, 2004, at the DoubleTree Hotel Buckhead. Atlanta was selected as the host city to recognize the 20th anniversary of the publication of The Mysterious William Shakespeare, the seminal book by Atlanta-native Charlton Ogburn, Jr. (1911-1998). The book argues that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is the true author behind the pseudonym of "William Shakespeare." Mr. Ogburn - author of numerous other works including The Winter Beach, The White Falcon, and The Marauders - donated his collected papers to Woodruff Memorial Library at Emory University in Atlanta. Atlanta-based actor, Christopher Paul of the Atlanta Shakespeare Company, will speak at the conference about the death of Edward de Vere's father, the 16th Earl of Oxford Earl of Oxford was one of the older titles in the English peerage, and was held for several centuries by the de Vere family from 1141. It finally became dormant in 1703 with the death of the 20th Earl. , as it relates to Hamlet. He will later perform Claudius's soliloquy soliloquy, the speech by a character in a literary composition, usually a play, delivered while the speaker is either alone addressing the audience directly or the other actors are silent. from Hamlet. As a member of the Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Mr. Paul has performed a variety of Shakespearean roles, including the Ghost and Priest in Hamlet, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers die as teenagers. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet] See : Death, Premature Romeo and Juliet archetypal star-crossed lovers. [Br. Lit. , Sir Hugh Evans in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600, it was likely first performed in the winter of 1598-1599,[1] and it remains one of Shakespeare's most enduring plays on stage. , Escalus in Measure for Measure, and Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew shrew, common name for the small, insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae, related to the moles. Shrews include the smallest mammals; the smallest shrews are under 2 in. (5.1 cm) long, excluding the tail, and the largest are about 6 in. (15 cm) long. . The three-day conference highlights 21 speakers from the US, England and Germany, including best-selling authors Hank Whittemore (author of CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. : The Inside Story and the forthcoming The Monument) and Joseph Sobran (Alias Shakespeare). "After 400 years of attributing the plays and poems to the wrong person," commented SOS President and Savannah resident Frank Davis, "the Society believes it's time, at long last, to honor Edward de Vere, the true author of these immortal works. We're especially pleased to hold our conference in Atlanta as a tribute to Charlton Ogburn." There is a distinguished history of doubting the so-called "orthodox" theory that attributes the works of Shakespeare to William Shakspere of Stratford-on-Avon. The list of noted Stratford doubters or Oxford supporters over the years includes Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Charles Dickens, Henry James, James Joyce, Charlie Chaplin, Sigmund Freud, Orson Welles, Sir John Gielgud Noun 1. Sir John Gielgud - English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000) Arthur John Gielgud, Gielgud , Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Ambassador Paul H. Nitze, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, Sir Derek Jacobi, and Justice John Paul Stevens John Paul Stevens (born April 20, 1920) is currently the most senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He joined the Court in 1975 and is the oldest and longest serving incumbent member of the Court. . As historian David McCullough wrote in his foreword to The Mysterious William Shakespeare: "The strange, difficult, contradictory man who emerges as the real Shakespeare, Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, is not just plausible but fascinating and wholly believable. It is hard to imagine anyone who reads the book with an open mind ever seeing Shakespeare or his works in the same way again." The Society has posted two informative Top 10 lists on its website: Top 10 Reasons To Doubt The Conventional Theory That William Shakspere of Stratford Wrote the Works of "Shakespeare" and Top 10 Reasons to Believe Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, Was the Author Known to History as "William Shakespeare." Please visit www.shakespeare-oxford.com. About the Shakespeare Oxford Society Founded in 1957, the Shakespeare Oxford Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization. Its mission is to research, publish and facilitate debate on the evidence regarding Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604), as the author of the works of William Shakespeare. For more information about the Shakespeare Oxford Society, please visit: www.shakespeare-oxford.com. |
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