De Vere Society
WELCOME TO THE DEVERE SOCIETY ‘Edward De Vere……to be? That is the question.’ – Sir Derek Jacobi, Patron
The de Vere Society (founded 1986) is a registered charity promoting knowledge of the life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550 - 1604), a Tudor playwright praised by Queen Elizabeth I for his ‘outstanding mind and virtue’ and hailed by King James I as ‘Great Oxford’. His contemporaries awarded the ‘highest prize’ to his works, but what has become of them? If you are interested in the proposition that de Vere’s ‘lost’ plays are those which now bear the name ‘William Shakespeare’, please join us, participate, investigate and celebrate – new members and enquirers are very welcome!
– Alexander Waugh, Chairman of The de Vere Society.
The DVS Webinar Series: The First Folio Foolery
'My Beloved The AUTHOR' - Ben Jonson's Encomium to Shakespeare
Roger Stritmatter - video pre recorded
Mark Rylance: Opening scene of The Tempest
Derek Jacobi: Prospero, from The Tempest
Thomas Regnier Veritas Award for Alexander Waugh awarded by Earl Showerman
Phoebe Nir: TikTok and the SAQ
Reading: Rose Garden Scene from Henry VI Part 1
Amanda Eliasch: Excerpts from her new film
Fabrice Collot: John Florio’s hand in the Epistle Dedicatory
Reading: Epistle Dedicatory to the First Folio
Derek Jacobi Henry V, Prologue V1B
Annabel Leventon - A Winter’s Tale
The Droeshout portrait
Kevin Gilvary - Introduction to FF
Charles Duff - An introduction to the Charterhouse
The De Vere Society Highlights