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 Yorktown Heights, NY - The Shakespeare Oxford Society and the Shakespeare Fellowship will bring the search for Shakespeare to Westchester, October 9-12, 2008, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 66 Hale Avenue, White Plains, NY.
Speakers and attendees from several countries will participate in the conference.
Founded in 1957 and headquartered in Yorktown Heights, NY, the Shakespeare Oxford Society is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to exploring the Shakespeare authorship question and researching the evidence that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford (1550 – 1604) is the true author of the poems and plays of "William Shakespeare."
Yorktown Heights resident, Matthew Cossolotto, an author and former congressional aide, serves as president of the society.
Cossolotto commented: "I’m pleased we’re holding this year’s conference right here in Westchester and I hope Shakespeare lovers in the area, especially students and teachers, will come to the conference. There is a long and distinguished history of doubting the traditional ‘Stratfordian’ attribution of the ‘Shakespeare’ works. Noted doubters over the years include Mark Twain, Henry James, Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin, and Sigmund Freud. More recent skeptics include U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and renowned Shakespearean actors Derek Jacobi, Michael York and Jeremy Irons."
Cossolotto continued: "The traditional Stratfordian theory presents us with a major disconnect between the life of the presumed author and his creative output. It’s almost as if we have a disembodied body of works that have little or no relationship to the life of the author. Traditional scholars have been ‘Barding up the wrong tree’ for centuries. It’s time for us to honor the true author of the immortal Shakespeare works."
The Shakespeare Authorship mystery was highlighted recently in a three-part series on National Public Radio. Part two of the series, which aired on July 3, 2008, focused on the case against the traditional authorship theory that a commoner with a similar name from the distant town of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. Part 3 in the NPR series, which aired July 4, 2008, examined the case for Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, as the true author of the Shakespeare works. Visit http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92236768 to read or listen to the informative NPR stories.
To resolve the Shakespeare authorship mystery once and for all, the Shakespeare Oxford Society has called for the creation of an independent, blue ribbon commission composed of distinguished, internationally recognized experts in relevant fields – including historians, biographers, jurists, and other esteemed writers and scholars. All members of the proposed Commission should be unbiased. They should declare going in that they have open minds on this subject and are willing to follow the evidence wherever it leads – using internationally recognized evidentiary standards employed by leading historians and biographers.
Cossolotto said: "I hope Shakespeare enthusiasts in the media, the entertainment industry, and the foundation community will embrace this challenge. All Shakespeare lovers around the world should be able to agree that it’s important to determine the true identity of the author. It’s a matter of basic fairness to give credit where it’s due. In addition, knowing the true identity of the author will help us better understand the works and the author’s motivations."
For registration information and a detailed schedule, visit http://www.shakespeare-oxford.com/?p=138. Inquiries: Call the Society’s office at 914-962-1717 or email
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