Shakespeare Sites
Shakespeare
Birthplace Trust (www.shakespeare.org.uk/homepage)
Biographical info., Stratford-Upon-Avon,
debates about the authorship of the plays. Prints, paintings, maps and
floorplans (images may be fuzzy when printed). Links to other sites.
Mr.
William Shakespeare & the Internet (http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/)
Includes primary materials and
information on Elizabethan England. Includes theatre section with information on
swordplay & dances and an educational section with links to project ideas.
Shakespeaere's Globe Theater Research Database
Shakespeare
for Kids (www.folger.edu/education/kids/kidshome.asp)
From the Folger Library: word puzzles,
fun facts, coloring sheets, matching games, Shakespearean insults, quizzzes.
Shakespeare:
Subject to Change (www.ciconline.org/bdp1)
Explores how Shakespeare's works have changed over the years,
words Shakespeare invented, and common expressions and insults attributed to
him, period illustrations and sound.
Shakespeare's
Globe Research Database (www.rdg.ac.uk/globe)
Especially good for architecture and
backstage info. Content covers both the origianl Globe theater and London's New
Globe (1997). Links to sites with info. on old London theaters, panoramic views
of Elizabethan London and sketches of the Globe.
Shakespeare's
World at Emory University (www.shakespeare.emory.edu)
Images from Shakespeare's plays are
presented in two formats: postcards and artwork. Postcards are searchable by
actor, character, or play. Artwork includes paintings and engravings with the
proper citations of medium, date, artist, and source, and are often accompanied
by passages from the play.
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/ posts all of Shakespeare's works, biography, trivia, quiz and more.
Did Shakespeare Write the
Plays & Sonnets Attributed to Him?
(The Shakespeare Fellowship)
http://www.shakespearefellowship.org/)
The goals of the Fellowship include bringing the
Shakespeare authorship debate to a world-wide audience via the Internet and
stimulating a wide-ranging dialogue on the relevance of Shakespeare to the 21st
century. Includes link to New York Times article.
Shakespeare Authorship
Source Book (http://www.sourcetext.com/sourcebook/)
This Sourcebook aims to provide direct and
comprehensive access to evidence and arguments related to the Shakespeare
authorship controversy as it applies to Shakspere of Stratford and Edward De
Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford.
PBS debates/mock trials on the authorship question. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shakespeare/debates/mtrial.html)
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/