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• Certain Speculations onHamlet, the Calendar, and Martin Luther.

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/02-1/sohmshak.html

  Sohmer, Steve. "Certain Speculations onHamlet, the Calendar, and Martin Luther."Early Modern Literary Studies2.1 (1996): 1.1-2. Sohmer briefly examines the connections other critics have made betweenHamletand the Reformation as well as the role played by the dates mentioned within the text, the dates Shakespeare's acting company carefully chose for the initial performances of plays, and the dating of the text:

  keywords: calendar, date, dating, Ham, hamlet, luther

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• The Lunar Calendar of Shakespeare'sKing Lear

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/05-2/sohmlear.htm

  Sohmer, Steve. "The Lunar Calendar of Shakespeare'sKing Lear."Early Modern Literary Studies5.2 (1999): 2.1-17. Sohmer analyzes the dates inKing Learto provide evidence that the lunar calendar was one of Shakespeare's sources and suggests the possibility that the play was performed for King James I on December 26, 1606 as well as the significance of this date:

  keywords: calendar, date, early modern, james, king, Lr, lear

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear

  valid as of 2005-09-08