Academy Art Museum Offers Lecture on Shakespeare vs. de Vere Controversy

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APRIL 13, 2012

On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at 6 p.m. the Academy Art Museum will be providing a lecture by Mark Anderson, journalist and author of the book, “Shakespeare by Another Name.” A recent Hollywood movie, “Anonymous,” posits that it was the seventeenth Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, who actually created Shakespeare’s timeless body of work.

Mark Anderson’s lecture outlines the “Shakespeare” controversy and delves into the year DeVere spent in Renaissance Italy having adventures that bear an uncanny resemblance to the plots of “The Merchant of Venice,” “Othello,” ”The Comedy of Errors,” “Romeo and Juliet” and other masterpieces by “Shakespeare.” In the centuries since the death of William Shakespeare, more and more questions have arisen about the true author of the plays and poetry conventionally attributed to him.

The cost of the lecture is $15 for Academy members and $20 for non-members.

For further information, visit www.academyartmuseum.org or call 410-822-2787.