Alexander Waugh: Edward de Vere & Marlowe, Lyly, Kyd. 'BAND OF BROTHERS' ZOOM Webinar. 12 Dec, 2020

'BAND OF BROTHERS 1580' ZOOM Webinar, 12th Dec, 2020: Alexander Waugh: Edward de Vere and Marlowe, Lyly, Kyd

Alexander Waugh is an advocate of the Oxfordian theory, the conviction that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford wrote the works of William Shakespeare. He discovered what he claims to be surreptitious allusions embedded in 16th- and 17th-century works revealing that the name William Shakespeare was a pseudonym used by Oxford to write the Shakespeare oeuvre. Of one example which gained coverage in October 2013, Shakespearean scholar Professor Stanley Wells told The Sunday Times: "I’m mystified that an intelligent person like Alexander Waugh can see any significance in this kind of juggling with letters."

In late October 2017, The Guardian reported that Waugh believes the title and dedication of the Aspley edition of Shakespeare's sonnets of 1609 hold encrypted evidence of his final resting place as de Vere's grave in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner.[14] He was elected chairman of the De Vere Society in spring 2016 for a three-year term.

Waugh's book, Shakespeare in Court (2014) takes the form of a fictional trial which draws the conclusion that Shakespeare was a front for others but, on this occasion, does not propose another candidate.

[kevingilvary]

Absolutely breath-taking. This presentation is essential for understanding Oxford's role in promoting writers in the 1580s.

[MsDormy]

I’m so very sorry to hear of Alexander’s passing away. No doubt he has all the answers to his enquiries now, but heavens above he leaves a gap for his family and enquiring scholars and puzzle-solvers to whom he really was a beacon of wit and intelligence. 🙏God bless you sir.

[peterzoeftig]

Absolutely brilliant and so very clear. Years ago I used to guide people around Stratford-upon-Avon and saw very clearly the weakness of the view that shakspere could in any way have been the great poet - It is so obvious that he was not. Not least of which is the view almost within living memory, not more than a few generations back, of the goodly people of the town not wanting to have anything to do with a man whose legacy locally they would rather be disassociated with.
Having started to read into the alternative views and then much later finding Alexander’s videos here, it’s exciting to learn about this channel, which I will be studying with huge interest. As you said, the fact of this band of “euphuists” at table in a great but short-lived college is just the tip of the iceberg.

[jonathonjubb]

I have only just realised that plays and masques were the internet' of thise days.. A much bigger deal than I hitherto thought...

[wayneferris]

For me, stunning revelation; and I will be using this information. Mr Waugh; you will be be cited fro credit.

[valansley]

Cannot wait for chapter two = Fascinating

[deste]

Absolutely fascinating, wonderful stuff, many thanks.

[irtnyc]

Re closing comment on Marlowe and the Ed II play, consider Edward de Vere was Edward II’s six great grand-nephew, via the Courtenays– if not even more closely related illegitimately. Similarly, de Vere’s mother’s paternal grandfather was Sir John Donne (AKA John ap Gruffyd Dwnn in Welsh patronymic syntax), whose father Griffith is thought to have fought at Agincourt… with Henry, and THE band of brothers. Many of de Vere’s lineal ancestors feature prominently in the bard’s canon. Where is the best list of them?

[maryoleary]

Alexander Waugh -
Dear Sir,
I made a comment on one of these vids and you replied back - thanks for that!
Now, I can't find which video it was for 😤😄
Anyhow, when I need to feed my brain, I go to your excellent videos!
You, my Rats and other Animals...all creatures enjoy using their brains and being free (hopefully 😔😔😔)

[RalphEllis]

So Shake-Spear (Oxford) was writing for Britain.
But Shake-Spear was Athena, and Athena was Britannia,
…she (Athena) is displayed as Britannia on many of our coins.
….so Shake-Spear was a fitting name for the Poet Laureate.
R

[n.lightnin]

While I love your videos and think that your theories are wonderful I have to disagree about devere being called Apollo more than anyone else I think that Sir Francis Bacon was called Apollo by many many of his peers is this not true?

[RabbitHorse]

For future videos, please lower the volume of the intro music.

[sjuvanet]

i love alexander waugh so much. so dope dude

[jesusislukeskywalker]

R.I.P A.W.☝️🤎🙏
.. new subscriber from Australia

[thomridgeway]

Edward Devere - The great elephant in the room that Stratfordians seemingly never see. At the highest levels they must know surely! That cannot be fools. At that level are they gatekeepers? Are they paid to keep this from the world? If so, by whom? Who is so powerful that they would want this kept secret?

[theamazingmystico]

I wonder if Marlowe was a proto-Shakespeare who was cut loose, especially after the Martin Marprelate episodes. It almost seems like all these writers were part of a brotherhood, almost like the Brotherhood of the Rose Cross.

[philiphavey]

The entire play-writer scene met under Realigh on Friday nights while Shakespeare never appeared nor was he physically met in London although he was well known in Stratford off-season time.
This is because the Derby’s (Stanleys) kept the only troop of actors whom Shakespeare worked
for, but “William Stanley “ always presented the in-town presence of the author.
in-town Shakespeare never existed and was simplify a name assigned to the group whom formed around Edward DeVer until DeVer died in 1604.
The physical imposter in all of the was William Kyes, the son of Thomas Kyes and Mary Grey, , who was, therefor, a heir to the English crown whom assumed the identity of William Stanley in the late 1680s.
This seems on absurd contention we’re not for the fact that William Stanley has to Perdue three years litigation to be recognized as Willam Stanley.
What I would argue that William Kyes brought up in Stratford as William Shakespeare While William Stanley was making a positive mess up his life in London with actions that bordered on the psychotic.
The simple answer was to let the cousins Kyes and Stanley loose in Europe in the Europe and the Middle Seven years on a series of insane adventures that the real Stanley did not service leaving Kyes to assert himself as the cousin whom was only two older than himself.
Through various machinations, Kyes was financially accepted into Derby family to play a secondary role to DeVer and as the go between with the, now, nonexistent Shakespeare.

[ermbokwenzer]

Yes, your description almost sounds like the old masters of painting whose apprentices would sometimes do parts of the work which the master was known for.

[peethagoras]

Why not try video: Shakespeare's Page 1?

[retribution]

Is there a single video which lay's out the case for de Vere being Shakespeare?