2 Lawyers and 2 Theatre People Walk into the Blue Boar Tavern 

We can all agree that it does reinvigorate the "Bard" to identify the author.

Thoroughly enjoying! It’s delightful listening to four smart, articulate people as they work on rectifying history. It’s about getting to the truth and seeing truth elucidate the plays and sonnets. The honest Stratfordians shine light from the outside. The Oxfordian goes inside for the light within. Without that, the plays are cold, the sonnets incomprehensible. It makes me think of Mark Twain, a great Oxfordian had he lived another ten years. As a boy he was both Huck and Tom. So his writing oozes authenticity. When you understand Oxford and his world, his writings scream authenticity. Nothing truer than truth. Thanks to all of you.

Thank you for another great conversation!

I started to get into this subject matter like Phoebe during the covid lockdowns. I began by looking at the postings on authentic pronunciation of Shakespearean English (which is itself fascinating!) and then stumbled...Alice in Wonderland style...down the rabbit-hole of Alexander Waugh! The result has been utterly mind-blowing...the authorship question has to be the non-LSD equivalent of a mind-expanding state. I have since voraciously devoured every author on the Oxfordian side I can find, and it has not only brought the plays to life for me, but my interest in the whole era. I'm now going through the collected works of Thomas Nashe (an "Oxford voice" some claim...with justification I would say) and getting a mini-Satori every time I see links with de Vere. Who else but Shake-speare would be able to create effusive, multi-layered characters like Nashe or Greene, who are like off-stage Festes from Twelfth Night! Thanks a lot for these excellent discussions...makes me feel part of a vital new movement of those whose curiosity knows no bounds.

I took a look at Oxford, if I had to choose a single author Oxford is a front runner. All theater companies of that time had up to half a dozen stock stock playwrights and they all had daytime jobs due to low pay. Lords seem to have provided both general content, various barbed comments and state propaganda to the playwrights. With a hundred circulating playwrights and 600 plays in circulation being revised and passed around the Lords could supervise and cackle with the audience. There is usually a good reason why there is no direct evidence and finding the truth and recognizing the truth should be more important than picking a side. I like the multiple author concept with Ben Jonson and John Florio getting the final edit. They were in the right place at the right time. I bet Oxford came up with some good lines.