Welcome to The Shakespeare Symposium. Our presentations on Shakespeare are from the Oxfordian perspective, which means from the viewpoint that Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford is the author of the works attributed to William Shakespeare. To learn more about the type of discussions our group presents, please visit A Symposium: Shakespeare from the Oxfordian Perspective, held May 29 & 30, 2009, in Watertown Square, Massachusetts, at our 2009 Symposium page.

We have members who are available to give presentations at your school or organization on various topics about Shakespeare, the authorship question and Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford.  Please visit our Speakers Page for more information.

The Shakespeare Symposium was formed in 2009 with the advent of our first symposium held in Watertown Square, Massachusetts.  We are a group of Oxfordians who live in the New England area who enjoy meeting periodically to discuss the many different facets of Shakespeare, including the authorship question and Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford.

If you would like to learn more about our recent symposium in Watertown, you may be interested to read Caldwell Titcomb’s June 3, 2009 article about the event in the online arts magazine, The Arts Fuse: “Theater Symposium: Who Wrote Shakespeare.”  Mr. Caldwell attended the symposium, and although not an Oxfordian, wrote a detailed and informative account of the presentations.  Bill Boyle, a presenter at the symposium blogged about the event on his website, “The Shakespeare Adventure Page.”  To read Bill’s blog and view a video excerpt of Hank Whittemore’s performance of Shake-Speare’s Treason please visit: The Lone Oxfordian.

We look forward to hearing from you with any questions or comments you may have.

We expect to present a symposium in the spring of 2010 on Shakespeare’s Roman plays from the perspective that Edward de Vere was the author. Were the views held by this British nobleman on a government changing from monarchy to a republic infused into the history portrayed in these plays? What sort of heroes or anti-heroes are given to each of these five plays? Announcements for the spring 2010 event will be made on this website as plans are confirmed. If you would like to be on our mailing list to receive announcements of upcoming events, please email us at: info@shakespearesymposium.org, or telephone us at: 617-955-3198.

Thank you for your interest in Shakespeare from the Oxfordian Perspective.

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