Past
In the past few years The Shakespearean Authorship Trust has:
- Loaned our Library to the Faculty and students of Brunel University in support of their unique MA course in Authorship Studies.
- Initiated the John Silberrad Memorial Lecture Series in collaboration with the Friends of Shakespeare's Globe.
- Organised three conferences at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in 2003, 2004, 2005 on the authorship of Richard II, Measure for measure and Collaboration.
- Created an Authorship panel for the Exhibition at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, introducing visitors to Marlowe, Oxford and Bacon as authorship candidates, as well as sharing some fundamental questions of Shakespeare authorship research.
- Donated funds to the Marlowe Society for their remarkable memorial to Marlowe in Westminster Abbey.
- Created an authorship page with the Globe for the Globe Theatre's programme.
- Established contact with John Hudson researching Amelia Lanyer as author.
- Made a formal agreement with Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to house a collection of authorship books on permanent loan in the Globe's Library. This will enable much wider access for the general public and individual researcher.
- Funded the authorship research of a Ukrainian University student, Kateryna Sinkevich, during her visit to Britain.
- Established contact with Professor Gililov in Moscow, who is researching evidence of the involvement of the Earl of Rutland, Roger Manners.
- Established contact with Ms Robin Williams of New Mexico who has published Sweet Swan of Avon, a book about Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. In 2004 we invited Ms Williams to speak at our conference in London.
- Contributed to the research at the Edward de Vere Studies at Concordia University, USA. We also invited Professor Daniel Wright of Concordia University to address our 2005 conference at the Globe.