wtorek, 5 lutego 2019
Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship Research and Discussion of the Shakespeare Authorship Question
International Theatre Journal Publishes Special Issue on Shakespeare Authorship
"The Question That Won't Go Away: Did the Man From Stratford Really Write the Plays?" is the theme of the latest issue of Critical Stages, the mainstream webjournal published by the Paris-based International Association of Theatre Critics. As announced on the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship website in July 2018, SOF Vice President Don Rubin, Professor Emeritus of Theatre at York University in Toronto, has edited this special issue of the journal. Critical Stages now receives over 20,000 views a month and is read by theatre critics, theatre professionals and theatre scholars in some one hundred countries. You can access this special issue here. As Rubin says in his introduction to the issue:
Critical Stages' special Authorship edition includes the following articles:
As Rubin explains, "the intent here is not really to put a specific name to the author, but rather to simply open the question about the possibility of pseudonymous writing in the case of the name William Shakespeare to a wider audience . . . in the theatre community."The authorship argument around the man from Stratford is, I believe, not only within the realm of possibility, but is already being taken seriously in many circles. Far from "crackpot" and far from a "conspiracy theory," the authorship issue in Shakespeare studies is one that is literally leading thousands of scholars, critics and theatre artists, and hundreds of other researchers in fields such as history, law and medicine to question the traditional attribution of the name "Shakespeare" to a man who had no proven education, whose family was illiterate and who never actually claimed that he was the author.
Don Rubin
Really?
Really.
So shouldn't we be at least curious enough to look into it?
Critical Stages' special Authorship edition includes the following articles:
- a fascinating transcript of a conversation between Mark Rylance and Derek Jacobi asking theatre people to at least consider the possibility of the name William Shakespeare being a pseudonym,
Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Mark Rylance discuss the "Declaration of Reasonable Doubt." - a piece by Canadian actor Keir Cutler asking why in all his years of study for a Ph.D. in Theatre not one of his professors ever told him there was actually debate in this area,
- material from American scholar Diana Price setting a clear background for the whole issue with a chart comparing the literary life of the man from Stratford with others from this period,
- a piece by American scholar and producer Gary Goldstein offering new ways of producing the Shakespeare plays if the Earl of Oxford is the actual author,
- American attorney Tom Regnier's article exploring the legal issues just beneath the surface in Hamlet,
Gary Goldstein cites Orson Welles' 1937 stage production of "Julius Caesar" in his article on staging Shakespeare. - a documentation by actor/writer Hank Whittemore of the theatrical connections of the leading candidate in the authorship debate, Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford,
- a personal statement by the Secretary-General of the International Association of Theatre Critics, Michael Vaïs, explaining how he himself came to the authorship question and why he decided recently to translate a book on candidate John Florio into French, and finally,
- a very recent BBC interview with Mark Rylance on this topic.
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Desiderata
Desiderata: Words for Life by Max Enhrmann
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
https://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~cslui/desiderata.html
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