News from and about SAC

SAC in the news

April 18, 2009—Wall Street Journal: Justice JP Stevens and his Supreme Court colleagues address the authorship question
May 31, 2008—National Public Radio: Mark Rylance speaks with NPR's Weekend Edition about the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt
Oct. 29, 2007—Brunel University press release: More stars declare their doubt of Shakespeare.
Sept. 9, 2007—The Observer (Guardian), U.K.: Who was Shakespeare? That is (still) the question. Campaign revives controversy of Bard's identity.
Sept. 9, 2007—BBC London: Actors question Bard's authorship

Claremont, California, November 16, 2009 — The Shakespeare Authorship Coalition announced today that U.S. Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day O'Connor (retired) have added their names to a growing list of prominent signatories to the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt About the Identity of William Shakespeare. At least three other U.S. Supreme Court Justices – Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., and Antonin Scalia — have also expressed doubts about the identity of the author “Shakespeare,” but Stevens and O'Connor are the first to sign the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt. Read more...

Recent releases

April 13, 2009: Award-winning Shakespearean actors Sir Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance joined by growing list of declared Shakespeare authorship doubters. Michael York joins fellow actors as SAC Patron. Shakespeare Authorship Coalition marks 2nd aniversary of Declaration of Reasonable Doubt. Seven signatories added to SAC “notables” list.
November 17, 2008: Huntington Library staff sign Declaration.
June 3, 2008: Sir Derek Jacobi joins the Shakespeare Authorship Coalition as a SAC patron.
December 1, 2007: First annual report of the Shakespeare authorship coalition: the Coalition’s strategy is working! Over 1,200 people have signed the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt, and we’ve attracted enormous attention to the authorship issue. With each new signatory, it becomes more difficult for orthodox scholars to continue claiming that there is “no room for doubt” about the identity of William Shakespeare.
September 23, 2007: Nearly 800 additional signatories have signed the “Declaration of Reasonable Doubt About the Identity of William Shakespeare” in the two weeks since prominent Shakespearean actors Sir Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance, former artistic director at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, gave the Declaration its launch in the U.K.
July 2, 2007: SAC adds 100 signers to the list of signatories of the “Declaration of Reasonable Doubt”.
April 23, 2007: SAC releases its first list of signatories of the “Declaration of Reasonable Doubt”, on the 391st anniversary of William Shakspere's death.
April 14, 2007: SAC and the Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable hold a signing ceremony to issue the “Declaration of Reasonable Doubt”
April 11, 2007: SAC and Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable to issue historic “Declaration of Reasonable Doubt”

SAC contact person: John Shahan at (909) 896-2006 or by e-mail.