The University Wits and Fisher’s Folly Fellows at the Blue Boar Tavern

The Tavern regulars discuss Shakespeare’s Circle: the University Wits and Fisher’s Folly fellows. Bonner Miller Cutting, Earl Showerman, Dorothea Dickerman, Tom Woosnam, and bartender Jonathan Dixon chat about the creative ferment of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford’s artistic circle: his collaborations, patronage, and carousing at the legendary Fisher’s Folly. Revel with the likes of John Lyly, Anthony Munday, Thomas Nashe and Oxford’s other “lewd friends.” This Blue Boar Tavern episode aired April 12, 2023. Learn more at