Event for DVS members only: an invitation to register will be sent to all members three weeks in advance of the event. Contact: events@deveresociety.co.uk for further details.

DAY ONE: HIDDEN AUTHORSHIP MYSTERIES | Saturday 17 April 2021 via Zoom | 16:00 – 18:00 [GMT]

DAY TWO: BEHIND THE NAME SHAKESPEARE Special Film Screening | Sunday 18 April 2021 via Vimeo link | 16:00 – 18:00 [GMT]

◊ DAY ONE PROGRAMME : HIDDEN AUTHORSHIP MYSTERIES

◊ Chairman’s Opening : Welcome | Results of AGM voting by email | Other AGM member business

◊ Keynote talk : Heward Wilkinson | Mystery Woman Mystery Problem – Jane Austen and Shakespeare

◊ Second talk : Rosemary O’Loughlin | Brian Friel: Was one of Ireland’s most important playwrights a secret Oxfordian?

◊ Third talk : Alexander Waugh | Who knew Edward de Vere was a ‘hidden author’?

◊ Fourth talk : Robin Phillips | The production and filming of Behind the Name Shakespeare: Power, Lust, Scorn & Scandal | Multi-award-winning documentary film on the life of Edward de Vere

◊ Post-event discussions with all speakers will take place in the Members’ Forum on the DVS website.