DVS Autumn Event 2025 – A Motley Celebration

Date:     Saturday 25 October 2025

Time:     Registration opens at 9:30 a.m. | Presentations begin at 10:00 a.m. | Day ends at 4:15 p.m.

The Autumn Event includes tea, coffee, and pastries on arrival, mid-morning refreshments, a hot buffet lunch with a choice of dishes, and afternoon tea with cakes — a welcome step up from the sandwich lunches of previous years!

Tickets are £75 per person.

Programme Highlights

The Alexander Waugh Award

Beyond Audley End: Searching for Shakespeare’s Library and the Strange Case of Seneca’s Ten Tragedies (1563) — Roger Stritmatter

Edgar's Leap of Imagination: Its Origins and Consequences — Charles Beauclerk

The Oxfordian Narrative — a discussion led by Matthew Wade and Brent Evans

Play Reading: Shakespearacy — written and performed by Ron Destro, with Richard Clifford and Sir Derek Jacobi

Dramatic Passages: Performed by guest actors including Sir Derek Jacobi, Richard Clifford, and Samantha Bond*

* Subject to availability.

Q&A Session: An opportunity to engage directly with the day’s speakers and performers.

Plus: A merchandise table, an auction table, and a book exchange table (where a small donation would be welcome)

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We look forward to welcoming you for what promises to be a memorable gathering.

Warm regards,
The de Vere Society Events Team