Absolute Shakespeare
Resource for plays, sonnets,
poems, quotes, biography and the Globe Theatre
Ben Jonson Bio
Biographical information on the Poet Laureate.
Compendium of Elizabethan
practices for writers and actors A guide for theatre practitioners.
Complete
Works of William Shakespeare The Bard's plays, poems and sonnets online.
Early Editions (Quarto and Folio)
Lists and comparisons of texts
Elizabethan Curse Generator Funny site where
you can generate your own Elizabethan insults.
Elizabethan Theatre Lecture notes and
pictures by Hilda Spear at the University of Cologne.
Entrance
to the Shakespeare Web Interactive exploration for Shakespeare aficionados.
Fortune Contract
Agreement between Henslowe and Peter Streete, who also built the Globe.
Globe Theatre Site Research database for
the Globe Theatre at the University of Reading.
"Henry V
Prologue" Video Clip Shakespeare's written description of the "Wooden
O" taken from Olivier's production.
Internet Shakespeare Editions
Scholarly, fully annotated texts of Shakespeare's plays.
Marlowe's Collected Works -
Electronic Edition The online texts of Marlowe's plays including variants.
Monarchs of England and Great Britain
Official Site of the British Monarchy.
No Sweat Shakespeare Includes a
"translation" service to colloquial English
Oxford Shakespeare Complete
works and other writings from Bartleby.com
Richard
III(Olivier)Video Clip Excerpt from "Winter of our discontent speech."
Shakespeare - Earl of Oxford? Addresses
the two-centuries old Shakespeare authorship debate. The purpose of the Society is to
document and establish Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604), as the universally
recognized author of the works of William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare Facts Biographical
information about Shakespeare's life, maps and festival information.
Shakespeare's Globe
Photos (1998) Pictures taken during summer 1998 visit.
Shakespeare Internet Works, life and times,
timeline, quiz.
Shakespeare Links Linkslane list
of other sites.
Shakespeare
Illustrated Explores nineteenth-century paintings, criticism and productions of
Shakespeare's plays and their influences on one another.
Shakespeare Online Good site to learn
more about sources, topics, criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare
Portrait Gallery Painted portraits of Shakespeare, Burbage, Alleyn.
Shakespeare Resource Center Biographical
information.
Shakespeare Resources University of Virginia reference sources.
Shakespeare Resources Complete
online texts, worksheets and resources for teachers of all grade levels.
Swan Drawing
Image of the DeWitt Sketch copied by Von Buchell, only eyewitness drawing of an
Elizabethan public theatre.
Theatre Arts Resources Theatre History,
World Theatre and Lecture Notes.
"To be or
not to be" Olivier Sound Clip Wave file clip of Laurence Olivier's Hamlet.
Victorian and Edwardian Postcards
Shakespearean actors on antique postcards.
Virtual Tour of the Globe
Theatre Views of the reconstruction in London.