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.