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Shakespeare Lovers of the World, Unite!
ASHLAND AUTHORSHIP CONFERENCE
September 29 – October 2, 2005
The Shakespeare Oxford Society and the Shakespeare Fellowship are gathering together in Ashland, Oregon, home of the world-renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), for membership meetings and the jointly sponsored Ashland Authorship Conference.
The conference registration forms are posted at www.shakespeare-oxford.com and www.shakespearefellowship.org. This year’s conference will take place at the recently renovated historic Ashland Springs Hotel (www.ashlandspringshotel.com) and full registration includes tickets to Richard III and Twelfth Night as well as a backstage tour, a First Folio viewing, and presentations by noteworthy Oxfordians, members of the OSF artistic staff, and faculty from Southern Oregon University. This year the OSF will be celebrating its 70th anniversary. Other plays that are in production during the conference include Love’s Labour’s Lost, Marlowe’s Faustus, Room Service, The Belle’s Stratagem, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Gibraltar, and Napoli Milionaria! For further information on the OSF programs and plays, consult www.osfashland.org.
Presentations will include: Professor Dan Wright on King John……Mark Anderson, author of Shakespeare: By Another Name......Professor Roger Stritmatter on Shakespeare’s Bible…… Thomas Regnier on Hamlet’s Law…… Lynne Kositsky on the ‘Voyagers’, ‘Spanish Maze’ and the Tempest…… Stephanie Hughes on Love’s Labour’s Lost…… Paul Altrocchi on Romeus and Juliet and the ‘Bermoothes’ ……Blair Oliver on Romeo and Juliet…… Richard Desper on 12th Night……Michael Dunn as Charles Dickens…… Hank Whittemore, author of The Monument……Lew Tate on the events of 1598…… Katherine Chiljan on a recently discovered Oxfordian document….Marilyn Loveless on Shakespeare’s Second-Best Bed…, and Derran Charlton on ‘Emericdulfe’.
Other speakers include Richard Whalen who will give an overview of the Oxfordian position……..Ramon Jiménez on True Tragedy of Richard III…… John Hamill on the Dark Lady…… Earl Showerman on Orestes, Horestes, & Hamlet……Peter Austin-Zacharias on William Cecil & de Vere …… Mary Berkowitz on the Stratford Monument and Christopher Marlowe…..Southern Oregon University professors Allen Armstrong, Kasey Mohammad, Liz Eckhart and Michael Hayes have all been invited, along with Professor Ren Draya, Matthew Cossolotto, theatre critic Bill Varble, and Michael Cecil, Lord Burghley. Presentations given by members of the OSF artistic company will include James Newcomb, who is starring in the title role in Richard III, and Dr. Todd Barton, longtime resident composer and music director. Renaissance music performed by the festival’s own Terra Nova Consort is also included in the program.
Ashland is located in southern Oregon, midway between Portland and the Bay Area. It is a 15 minute drive from the Medford – Rogue Valley airport. Crater Lake and the spectacular Oregon coast are only 2-3 hours drive from Ashland. Questions and requests for registration information regarding the conference may be addressed to the local coordinator Earl Showerman at earlees@charter.net or through The Ashland Authorship Conference, P.O. Box 235, Ashland, OR 97520.
Conference Registration:
► You may register by forwarding the registration form to our
office.
[ Printable form available at: Registration Form].
►You may also register online at the
following link.
Online Registration.
Limited rooms are still available at The Ashland
Springs Hotel.
[SOS members and other registrants need to refer to "group block # 768"
or mention the block of rooms reserved by the Shakespeare Fellowship.]
Nearby Alternative Hotels:
Plaza Inn www.plazainnashland.com 888-488-0358. 541-488-8900
The Bard's Inn Motel … Tel 541-462-3259
Stratford Inn … Tel 541-488-2151
The Columbia Hotel … 541-482-3726
Additional Inns and B & B's within walking distance:
Winchester Inn, Peerless Hotel, Chanticleer Inn, McCall House,
Ashland Creek Inn, The Woods House, Cowslip's Bell, and Fadden's Inn
Information about these hotels and inns (and more) is available at www.osfashland.org under "Your Visit" and "Accommodations." Ashland is a small village so anything in the downtown area should be within easy walking distance of the conference and the Shakespeare Festival theaters.