The DVS Poster Campaign

The DVS has decided to launch a poster campaign and we urge all members of the DVS to play an active role in making this campaign a success.

The primary objective of the campaign is to raise the profile of the Shakespeare Authorship Question in the public’s mind by questioning the Stratfordian claims to authorship. The secondary objective is to encourage people to visit the DVS website where they can inform themselves more fully about the issue in general and in Edward de Vere in particular.

Our website is a vital tool in promoting the aims of our society to a largely skeptical public. The aim being, of course, both to inform the public that the Shakespeare Authorship Question is a legitimate subject of debate and that Edward de Vere is the most compelling candidate in that debate.

The website is also one of the main opportunities that the Society has in recruiting new members to Edward de Vere’s banner in the battle against Stratfordian orthodoxy. The more members we can recruit, the more funds the Society has at its disposal to continue its promotional activities.

On current levels the website attracts around 800 unique visitors a month and, while this is reasonably healthy, we are hoping that this Poster Campaign will increase the traffic to our site, and, hopefully, more recruits to our society.

The poster
The design of the poster has been very carefully considered. The iconic Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare will be recognised instantly even at 200 paces. Anyone interested to look further will perceive a tension between image and headline as they approach. Fascinated, they will be encouraged to read the six ‘killer facts’ regarding the paucity of the Stratfordordian claims. The summing up text below will lead them inexorably to the DVS website address.

How to take part
The way the campaign itself works is very simple. Simply download the poster (as a pdf file) by selecting either the A3 or A4 link (on the right below the image) and print off copies.

The preferred size of the poster itself is A3 and, for those without access to an A3 printer or photocopier, the cost of having your local high street copy shop either print the A3 pdf or produce an enlarged A3 copy from your A4 copy is not prohibitive. We also suggest that you also print off a number of copies of the A4 version as leaflets.

Armed with copies of the A3 posters and A4 leaflets (and a box of drawing pins), you should now visit your local public libraries and place the posters on the noticeboards and also leave a pile of the A4 leaflet versions for people to take home with them.

We would particularly like to encourage students to place these posters at their colleges and universities – on the Students’ Union, English and History department and University Library noticeboards. Indeed, anywhere that is likely to be fertile ground for potential new members to hear about and, hopefully, consider joining the DVS.

Updates
In order to monitor the progress of the campaign, would all those who have placed posters in public places please send an email to: webeditor@deveresociety.co.uk and tell us which in town you have done this. Regular updates on the success of the campaign will feature here on the website and also in the DVS newsletter.

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