Conference
2002
The first annual conference of the Shakespeare Fellowship
will be held October 18-20 at the scenic Sonesta Hotel on the Charles
River in Boston Mass.
Speakers will include: Dr. Ren Draya (Blackburn College;
"O Father, Where Art Thou: A Key Oxfordian Theme." ), Dr.
Anne Pluto (Leslie College), Dr. Paul Altrocchi ("The Senior Ogburns'
Attempt at Paradigm Overthrow: A Case Study"), Dr. Daniel Wright
(Concordia University; ("No Catholics Allowed: Deciphering Reformation
Rhetoric and Iconography in Henry VIII"), Dr. Roger Stritmatter,
Barbara Burris ("A Room in the Garter Inn"), Ron Halstead
("Washed up in Windsor"), Richard Whalen ("The State
of the Debate"), Gerit Quealy, William Boyle, Hank Whittemore,
Jonnie Lee Dunn ("What's Love Got to Do with It?: The Phoenix
and the Turtle Revisited," Dr. Richard Desper ("Much Ado
about Oxford"), Dr. Eric Altschuler ("Searching For Shakespeare
In the Stars"), Jason Moore, Ken Kaplan ("Recent Stratfordian
Biography: Illusion, Fantasy, and the cooptation of Oxfordian Methodology").
William Niederkorn (New York Times), and many more...stay tuned.
Special events:
The
Social Law Library of Boston will host a reception and panel discussion
on Shakespeare and the Law, 5-7 Friday evening in cooperation with the
Conference. We hope to shortly announce a prestigious guest speaker
for this special event.
The
Saturday evening banquet will feature a special guest speaker.
Terry
Ross will debate Roger Stritmatter:"Resolved, the annotator of
de Vere's Bible was the author of Shakespeare's works."
The
Hampshire Shakespeare Co. will premiere a special program on the Shake-Speare
Sonnets as Drama and Michael Dunn will perform his "Sherlock Holmes
and the Shakespeare Mystery."
Send in your registration now!
Accommodation
for the Shakespeare Fellowship Conference:
The Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway,
Cambridge MA 02142
617-806-4200
(Rates: $179 per night)
Holiday Inn Express
250 Monseignor O'Brien Highway
Cambridge MA 02141
617-742-7630
( Rates: $159 per night if attendees ask for the Shakespeare
Fellowship Group Rate when booking)
It
is suggested that attendees book early. The conference is held on a
very busy weekend in October and there are only a limited number of
rooms at each hotel.
Attendees
on a limited budget who wish to economize by sharing a room are encouraged
to contact Lynne Kositsky, who
has volunteered to keep a list and help attendees exchange information
to find suitable room-mates.
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