Don't Quill the Messenger: Shakespeare Authorship Explored

Dr. Earl Showerman returns to the show to discuss with Steven the influences of classic Greek Literature as source material for the popular (and rumored to be cursed) Macbeth!... er... sorry, "The Scottish Play." Support the show by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger and picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com

Steven is flying solo in this very unique episode of Don't Quill the Messenger to discuss his personal library and the books within in that he feels are the most important to the Oxfordian movement. Support the show by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger and picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com

Steven welcomes actor/film director and producer of the show, Jake Lloyd back to the program to discuss the first year of Don't Quill the Messenger! The two reminisce about their favorite episodes and the conversations they consider tent-pole for the show, as well as talk about what they hope for the next year! Support the show by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger and picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com

Retired ER physician Earl Showerman returns as a guest to speak with Steven about Shakespeare's advanced and extensive medical knowledge as found within the 700 or more medical references in the canon. Support the show by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger and picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com

Steven welcomes his wife, Annie, back to the program to discuss some of the roles they both hope to play on stage some day, and the Oxfordian connections to those roles which make them more attractive to an actor's sense of the autobiographical nature of them. Support the show by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger and picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com

Actor, fight coordinator, and Society for Creative Anachronism combat veteran, Jesse Durant, joins Steven to talk about medieval and Renaissance combat in connection with the Shakespearean canon. Support the show by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger and picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com

Steven talks with Elisabeth Waugaman, PhD in medieval French studies, about the evidence of influence upon the works of the Bard derived from French culture, history, and French political intrigue of the time period. Support the show by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger and picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com

Steven welcomes his wife, Shakespearean actress Annie Freeman Sabel, to the program to describe what it was like to marry an Oxfordian, and share her personal journey with the Shakespeare Authorship Question. Support the show by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger and picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com

Guest Hank Whittemore discusses his book 'The Monument' and his interpretation of Shakespeare's sonnets. They explore the meaning behind the sonnets, the themes of love, references in the plays, the lineage of the Earls of Southampton, absolute power in a totalitarian state, reinterpreting sonnets as letters, Queen Elizabeth's plan, the dark lady's influence, a fascinating book, and licensing performance rights.

Returning guest Bonner Miller Cutting joins Steven to discuss her new book, "Necessary Mischief," with chapters on the Earl of Oxford's thousand pound annuity, censorship, torture, and punishment of writers in Elizabethan England, and much more! Support the show by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger and picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com