General Shakespeare
- 60 Minutes With Shakespeare
"Sixty questions. Sixty scholars. Sixty seconds each." Site contains 60 short audio comments about Shakespeare's times, life, and work, with written transcripts available. It is part of the Blogging Shakespeare Project, which includes discussion on Twitter, Facebook, and blogs, a Free eBook and materials on the site itself.
- Bardweb.net: Shakespeare Resource Center
Includes information and links about Shakespeare's life, works, and language; about the Globe Theatre, Elizabethean England, and more.
- The English Renaissance in Context
"ERIC comprises two separate but integrated units: a set of tutorials on some of Shakespeare's plays and on the making and selling of books during the Early Modern period; and a database of scanned texts..."
- In Search of Shakespeare
Tie-in to the PBS series. Includes sections on Shakespeare's life, teaching Shakespeare, being a playwright in the 16th century, and guides to the episodes.
- Mr. Willian Shakespeare and the Internet
"This site attempts two things: 1. To be an annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on the Internet. ... 2. To present unique Shakespeare material unavailable elsewhere on the Internet..." Includes a large number of resources and links.
- Shakespeare's Life and Times
A free ebook which "introduces you to the world Shakespeare lived and worked in."
- Shakespeare Study Guide
Large set of links to sites about Shakespeare and his works.
Shakespeare's Works
- Bartleby.com: Complete Shakespeare
The 1914 Oxford edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
- Interactive Folio and Study Guide: Romeo and Juliet
"Read the play, read its English source texts, read critical materials on the play, explore Shakespeare's vocabulary, and experience a full range of multi-media associated with the play."
- MIT Shakespeare
"The original electronic source for this server was the Complete Moby(tm) Shakespeare. The HTML versions of the plays provided here are placed in the public domain." Includes all poems and plays.
- Open Source Shakespeare
"OSS includes the 1864 Globe Edition of the complete works, which was the definitive single-volume Shakespeare edition for over a half-century." Also offers an Advanced Search function and extensive Concordance.
- Project Gutenberg
Downloadable copies of the plays and poems in multiple formats and editions.
- Shakespeare's Monologues
Gathered in one convenient place. Browse or searchable by play and speaker's gender.
- The Works of the Bard
The same edition as the MIT Shakespeare on an alternate server with the addition of downloadable plain text versions as well as html (web-based) ones.
Shakespeare's Theatre
- Elizabethean Theatre
"The text of a lecture by Professor Hilda D. Spear (University of Dundee) held at Cologne University in October 1989" and accompanying slides.
- Shakespeare and the Globe
Multiple pages of resources from Encyclopędia Britannica. (Does not require subscription.)
- Shakespeare Globe Research Centre
Photos, architechural drawings, and a guide to building a model of the theatre itself.
- Shakespeare's Globe
"A unique international resource dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare's work and the playhouse for which he wrote, through the connected means of performance and education."
- Shakespeare Festival - Clemson University
Offers a virtual tour of the Globe Theatre either as downloadable Quicktime movie or online simulated walkthrough.
Shakespeare's World
- Elizabethean Era
Information about Queen Elizabeth I and the time in which she lived. Includes life, clothing, theatre, sports, music, laws, and food, among other topics.
- Queen Elizabeth I
"The purpose of this site to provide interesting as well as educational information on the life and times of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603). It is intended to be suitable for web-users of all ages and academic ability..."
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this page last updated December 13, 2011