Emmerich's Next Films Oct 12, 2009
The film explores the theory that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, was the true author of the works of William Shakespeare. "I've had it eight years, this project. It was always on the forefront. It was always supposed to be my next movie, but this time I'll really do it because I'm already set to shoot March 22nd," he announced. (IGN FilmForce)
The Shakespeare truthers Sep 25, 2009
Although Sir Francis Bacon and King James I were once pretenders to the claim of Greatest English Language Author Ever, the field has narrowed to two: Christopher Marlowe and the Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere. Marlowe s ferocious partisans point to the close friendship between the two playwrights (see: Shakespeare in Love ), their overlapping interests and publishers, and allege that shadowy forces faked Marlowe s death, allowing him to continue his work under the name Shakespeare. (Boston Globe)
Shakespeare Authorship Controversy Aug 18, 2009
Some of the proposed candidates for the true bard are Sir Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, Edward De Vere (the Earl of Oxford) and even Queen Elizabeth. Other nominees have included the Earls of Derby and Rutland, and even Miguel Cervantes. (Suite101.com)
Skeptic's Take on the Life and Argued Works of Shakespeare Aug 1, 2009
For centuries, Shakespeare skeptics have doubted the authorship of the Stratfordian Bard's literary corpus, proffering no fewer than 50 alternative candidates, including Francis Bacon, Queen Elizabeth I, Christopher Marlowe and the leading contender among the "anti-Stratfordians," Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford. And for nearly as long, the Shakespeare skeptics have toiled in relative obscurity, holding conferences in tiny gatherings and dreaming of the day their campaign would make... (Scientific American)
'Weller's War' collects foreign correspondent's reports from WWII May 24, 2009
Some say no, with a few contending that Edward de Vere, the 17th earl of Oxford, deserves the credit. Academia has long derided the Oxfordian view, but it now has friends in high places. (Boston Globe)
