Some Useful Sites

Journals

• Shakespeare Magazine, edited by Nancy Gordon and Michael Lomonico
  A journal aimed primarily at teachers of Shakespeare.

Texts

• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, edited by Jeremy Hylton
  Searchable text based on The Complete Moby Shakespeare. Also offers a searchable text of Bartlett's Familiar Shakespeare Quotations, a discussion area and links to Shakespeare resources on the Internet (although not updated since April 1997)

• The Internet Shakespeare Editions, edited by Michael Best and others
  A recently-launched project to make scholarly fully-annotated texts of Shakespeare's plays available in a form native to the medium of the Internet. Only introductory material is available so far.

• The Internet Public Library,Shakespeare Bookshelf
  A collection of the texts of the plays from other sites.

• OpNet's Literary Documents
  OpNet is a commercial internet service provider in Philadelphia which includes a library of documents. It offers texts of plays, poems, commendatory verses and a glossary for Shakespeare.

• Arden Online, generaleditor Peter Holland
  A subscription site which contains the Arden edition of all Shakespeare's works. Plays published in the Arden third series have extra material for teaching and study, with a particular focus on performance.

Individual Plays

• Signet Shakespeare Guides
  Include a Teacher's Guide to the Signet Classic edition of the plays with teaching ideas. (Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, Much Ado, Othello, Richard III, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Tempest).

• A Short Course on Shakespeare's Hamlet, by Ian Delaney
  Aimed at A-Level students, includes play texts and links to other Hamlet sites.

• Amleth, Prince of Denmark, from the Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus, by D.L. Ashliman
  

• The Julius Caesar Site
  Texts and sources.

• King Lear
  Facsimiles of a range of editions of the play and illustrations of historical performances.

• Enjoying King Lear by William Shakespeare, by Ed Friedlander
  http://www.pathguy.com/kinglear.htm
  An idiosyncratic site.

• Enjoying Macbeth by William Shakespeare, by Ed Friedlander
  An idiosyncratic site.

• Richard III and Yorkist History Server
  Sponsored by the Richard III Society, American Branch. Includes text of Shakespeare's play and Colley Cibber's version, resources for teachers, with links to related material.

Authorship

• William Shakspere of Stratford, by Paul Dupuy
  >From 'Authorship Analysis: Francis Bacon as Shake-speare', a Baconian site, but contains a list of documentary evidence for Shakespeare's life with facsimiles and a transcript of his will.

• The Shakespeare Oxford Society Home Page.
  With links to the Shakespeare Oxford Society's on-line magazine The Ever Reader, with full text search engine.

• The Shakespeare Authorship Page, by Dave Kathman and Terry Ross
  Supports Shakespeare of Stratford as author

Performance

• Current and Forthcoming Shakespeare Productions in the UK, by James Shaw
  Listed by play and regularly updated.
  

  Theatres

  • The Royal Shakespeare Company
    Includes performance schedules and booking information as well as material from the Education Dept., with video clips from recent productions.

  • The Royal National Theatre
    Includes a calendar of performances and information about past and present productions.

  • Shakespeare's Globe
    Includes an account of the building of the Bankside Globe and the performances produced there, as well as historical material relating to the original Globe Theatre.

  • Illinois Shakespeare Festival
    Includes a virtual gallery of costume and scene designs and photographs and 'Research Articles' on productions.

  • Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario
    
  

  Actors

  • Patrick Stewart Tribute Page, by Mary Jensen

  • Ian McKellen
    

  • Alan Bates Archive
    Includes photos from RSC production of Antony and Cleopatra and reviews.

  Film

  • Internet Movie Database
    Searchable by title, actor, director, etc. Includes details of cast, awards, reviews and links to official web sites.

  • Twelfth Night, directed by Trevor Nunn (1996)
    Includes a study guide with clips from the film.

  • Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Lurmann (1996)
    

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Michael Hoffman (1999)
    Includes cast details, trailer and a study guide for teachers.

Etcetera

• The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
  The official site of the Trust. Includes information about the Shakespeare houses, the Trust's collections and Shakespeare's life and times.

• Shakespeare Illustrated, by Harry Rusche
  Reproductions of 19th century paintings based on the work of Shakespeare, searchable by play and artist.

• Proper Elizabethan Accents
  Part of a site devoted to renaissance fairs. It provides a guide to pronunciation, forms of address, insults, etc.

Susan Brock
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon
October 1999

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