Links Database: Keyword date

• 12 June 1599: Opening Day at Shakespeare's Globe

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/03-1/sohmjuli.html

  Sohmer, Steve. "12 June 1599: Opening Day at Shakespeare's Globe." Early Modern Literary Studies 3.1 (May 1997): 1.1-46. Sohmer confronts two questions in his article: what was the date of the debut of Shakespeare's original playhouse and which play was chosen for the Globe's debut:

  keywords: globe, date, opening

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual articles

  valid as of 2005-09-07

• Certain Speculations on Hamlet, the Calendar, and Martin Luther.

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

  Sohmer, Steve. "Certain Speculations on Hamlet, the Calendar, and Martin Luther." Early Modern Literary Studies 2.1 (1996): 1.1-2. Sohmer briefly examines the connections other critics have made between Hamlet and 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

• Dating The Tempest

  http://shakespeareauthorship.com/tempest.html

  Kathman, David. "Dating The Tempest." The Shakespeare Authorship Page. Eds. David Kathman and Terry Ross. Kathman uses The Tempest, dated after the death of the Earl of Oxford, to challenge the claim that the Earl of Oxford wrote Shakespeare's plays:

  keywords: date, authorship, earl, oxford, source, Tmp, tempest

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > The Tempest

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• Shakespeare's Edward III

  http://www.marshall.edu/engsr/SR1998.html#Shakespeare's%20Edward

  Godshalk, W. L. "Shakespeare's Edward III." West Virginia Shakespeare and Renaissance Association Selected Papers (SRASP) 21 (1998). Godshalk attempts to date, ascribe authorship, and read King Edward's character in terms of Sonnet 94:

  keywords: authorship, date, Edw, edward, king, sonnet

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Edward III

  valid as of 2005-09-07

• The Lunar Calendar of Shakespeare's King Lear

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

  Sohmer, Steve. "The Lunar Calendar of Shakespeare's King Lear." Early Modern Literary Studies 5.2 (1999): 2.1-17. Sohmer analyzes the dates in King Lear to 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