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Comprehensive Shakespeare Sites
- RSC: Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford, UK)
- Folger Shakespeare Library (Folger)
- Shakespeare’s Globe (Globe Trust, London, UK)
- Internet Shakespeare Editions (U of Victoria)
- Shakespeare Online (Amanda Mabillard)
- Shakespeare Resource Center (Bardweb)
- Shakespeare Documented (Folger, Bodleian et al.)
- Bartleby’s Shakespeare – Works, Essays (Bartleby)
- PlayShakespeare.com
- Global Shakespeares (MIT)
- Library of Congress Catalog (Washington, D.C.)
- The British Library (London & Yorkshire)
- The Bodleian Library (Oxford U)
- The Cambridge Digital Collection (Cambridge U, UK)
- The Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, D.C.)
- The Huntington Library (Pasadena, CA)
- The New York Public Library (NYC)
- The Newberry Library (Chicago, Il)
- La Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF, Paris)
- La Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML, Firenze, It.)
Shakespeare Journals (Selected)
- Ben Jonson Journal
- Borrowers and Lenders: … Shakespeare and Appropriation
- Cahiers Élisabéthains
- Early Modern Literary Studies (EMLS)
- Early Theatre
- English Literary Renaissance (ELR)
- Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
- Multicultural Shakespeare
- Renaissance Studies
- SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900
- Shakespeare Bulletin
- Shakespeare in Southern Africa
- Shakespeare Jahrbuch
- Shakespeare Quarterly
- Shakespeare Studies
- Shakespeare Survey
- Shakespeare: Journal of the British Shakespeare Assn.
- The Hare
- The Oxfordian
Shakespeare Blogs, Podcasts & Listservs
- Sir Ian McKellen’s Home Page (McKellen)
- The Shakespeare Blog (S. Morris)
- Shaksper: Global Electronic Shakespeare Conference (Cook)
- Clear Shakespeare Podcast (Akiva Fox)
- Time’s Pencil: Shakespeare after the First Folio (Bovilsky)
- Limbs of Alarbus – Questions, Commentaries, Links (Drake)
- 25 Best Shakespeare Blogs (Feedspot)
- The Shakespeare Authorship Page (Kathman & Ross)
Shakespeare’s Plays in Performance
- List of Online Shakespeare Plays (TheatreTrip, YouTube)
- Shakespeare’s Globe – Subscription Service (Globe Trust)
- RSC: Royal Shakespeare Co. – DVDs (Stratford, UK)
- *Amazon Prime Video offers RSC productions via Marquee Channel subscription; Britbox Channel offers BBC 1970s-80s Shakespeare productions. Kanopy may be available through your public library district.
- **The above category’s links and mentions are not intended as promotional by this site’s creator, UNLV, or OLLI.
- Shakespeare’s Words: a Dictionary (David & Ben Crystal)
- Shakespeare Glossary by C. T. Onions (Perseus Project)
- Shakespeare Dictionary by Alexander Schmidt (Perseus)
- RSC on Shakespeare’s Language (RSC in London, UK)
- Bright & Beautiful English of Shakespeare (YouTube)
- Shakespeare’s Original Pronunciation (YouTube)
- Shakespeare’s Grammar (Bardweb)
- A Shakespearean Grammar by Edwin Abbott (Perseus)
- Reading Elizabethan Print – Folio, etc. (Drake)
Shakespeare’s Folios and Quartos
- Shakespeare Texts (Folger) (Texts with line #s, no notes)
- Shakespeare 1623 First Folio (Folger Library)
- Shakespeare 1632 Second Folio (Miami U, Ohio)
- Shakespeare 1663-64 Third Folio (Miami U, Ohio)
- Shakespeare 1685 Fourth Folio (Miami U, Ohio)
- Shakespeare Folios & Quartos Collection (Shakedsetc.org)
- Shakespeare in Print: Quartos (Shakespeare Documented)
- Timeline of Shakespeare’s Plays (RSC)
- Chronology of Shakespeare’s Plays (PennysPoetryPages)
- Bookmaking: Making a Quarto (YouTube)
- Folio-Quarto-Octavo Diagram (Skaalr, Wikimedia Com.)
- Folio400 – Printing Shakespeare (Folio400)
- Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive (M. Goodman)
Early Modern Texts: Repositories
- Corpus of Middle English Texts (U. Michigan)
- Early English Books Online Database (EEBO/U-Mich)
- Early Modern English Drama Anthology (Folger Library)
- Gallica French Documents & Manuscripts (BnF)
- HathiTrust Digital Library (HathiTrust)
- Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature (Luminarium)
- Münchener Digitalisierungs Zentrum (MDZ)
- Online Books Page — General List (U-Penn)
- Oxford Text Archive, OTA (Bodleian Libraries)
- Renascence Editions (English Renaissance, Luminarium)
- U-Penn’s Colenda Digital Repository – Furness (U-Penn)
- Eighteenth-Century Collections Online (ECCO/U-Mich)
Shakespeare’s English Contemporaries
- Beaumont & Fletcher 1679 Second Folio (Penn SU)
- Sir Francis Bacon’s Essays (Luminarium/Renascence)
- Sir Francis Bacon’s The New Atlantis (Luminarium/Ren.)
- George Chapman’s Translation of The Iliad (EEBO/U-Mich)
- Samuel Daniel & Henry Constable – Sonnets (Gutenberg)
- Samuel Daniel’s The Civil Wars…. (EEBO/U-Mich)
- M. Drayton’s Bataille of Agincourt (Gutenberg) | Ballad (ISE)
- John Donne’s Songs and Sonnets, etc. (Luminarium)
- Ben Jonson’s Works Online (Cambridge U)
- Performing Jonson’s Every Man in His Humor (YouTube)
- Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy (Gutenberg)
- Christopher Marlowe’s Works (Tam. 1) | (Tam. 2) | (Faustus)
- Christopher Marlowe’s Works (Gutenberg 2) | (Gut. 3)
- Sidney’s Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia (MDZ) | 1593 (OTA)
- Sidney’s Poetry, Vol. 1 (MDZ) | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3
- Edmund Spenser Online (Cambridge U)
- Henry Wotton’s Reliquiae Wottonianae, 1651 (EEBO/U-Mich)
- Bishops’ Bible of 1568 (Textus Receptus Bibles)
- Geneva Bible of 1560/1599 (Textus Receptus Bibles)
- Book of Common Prayer, 1559 (Justus Anglican)
- RSC: Royal Shakespeare Company (see “Shakespeare’s Plays”)
- Internet Shakespeare Editions (see Texts)
- Shakespeare Online (A. Mabillard) (see Sources)
- Shakespeare’s Library, 1875, Vol. 1 (MDZ) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Shakespeare’s British Sources & Influences
- Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Landsdowne Ms. (UMich)
- Foxe’s Acts and Monuments (Sheffield HRI)
- Gower’s Confessio Amantis, Vol. 1 (MDZ) | 2 | 3 | or, UMich
- Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland…. (Hol. Proj.)
- Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur (UMich)
- Mirror for Magistrates, Vol. 1(HathiTrust) | Vol. 2
- Queen’s Men Plays Shakespeare Used as Sources (U. Vic.)
- Tottel’s Miscellany, 1557. Wyatt et al. (HathiTrust)
Shakespeare’s European Sources
- Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, Harington’s 1607 trans. (U-Mich)
- Bandello’s Novelle, tr. J. Payne, 1890 (HathiTrust) 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
- Bandello’s Romeo e Julietta, trans. Brooke 1562 (MDZ)
- Bandello, trans. G. Fenton, Certain tragical discourses … (EEBO/U-Mich)
- Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron (Gutenberg)
- Cinthio’s De Gli Hecatommithi, Pt. 1, 1566 (MDZ, Italian) | Pt. 2
- Gesta Romanorum, trans. Robinson, 1595 (EEBO/U-Mich)
- Machiavelli’s Il Principe, Ital. (MDZ) | Latin | French
- Montaigne’s Essays, 1603 Florio trans. (Renascence Editions)
- Painter’s Palace of Pleasure, 1575 Vol. 1 (Gutenberg) | 2 | 3
Shakespeare’s Classical Sources
- Homer’s Iliad, 1609 trans. George Chapman (Gutenberg)
- Ovid’s Metamorphoses, 1567 Arthur Golding trans. (Perseus)
- Plautus’s Comedies: Amphitryo, Asinaria, etc. (Gutenberg)
- Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, trans. Thomas North (HathiTrust)
- Seneca’s Tragedies (Gutenberg, Mod. Eng.)
- Terence’s Comedies (Gutenberg)
- Virgil’s Aeneid, trans. Twyne & Phaer 1573 (EEBO) | Dryden
- Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier, Hoby trans. (EEBO/U-Mich)
- T. Elyot’s Book of the Governor (Luminarium/Renascence)
- Erasmus’ Moriae encomium, The Praise of Folly (EEBO/U-Mich)
C21-C20 Criticism
- Best Books about Shakespeare List (Goodreads)
- A. C. Bradley’s Shakespearean Tragedy, 2nd ed. (Gutenberg)
- T. S. Eliot’s “Hamlet and His Problems” (Gutenberg)
- E. Jones’s “Oedipus Complex … Hamlet’s Mystery” (Wikisource)
C19 Criticism
- Coleridge’s Notes & Lectures on Shakespeare et al. (Gutenberg)
- DeQuincey’s “… Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth” (Shakes.-onl.)
- W. Hazlitt’s Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays (Gutenberg)
- Charles Lamb’s “On the Tragedies of Shakespeare” (Bartleby)
- A. W. Schlegel’s Lectures on Dramatic Art 23-27 (Gutenberg)
- Stendhal’s Racine et Shakespeare (Google Books)
C18 Criticism
- John Dennis’ “On the Genius and Writings…” (ECCO/U-Mich)
- Samuel Johnson’s Essays and Notes (HathiTrust)
- Samuel Johnson’s Shakespeare (HathiTrust)
- Pope’s “Preface to Shakespeare” (Jack Lynch)
- Pope’s Shakespeare, Vol. 1 of 6 (U-Victoria/Brandeis)
- Voltaire’s Criticism of Shakespeare: Essay (Voltaire Fndn.)
- Voltaire’s “Appel à toutes les nations…” (Google Books)
- Eighteenth-Century Collections Online (ECCO/U-Mich)
C17-C16 Criticism
- Dryden’s “An Essay of Dramatic Poesy,” pg. 293ff (Gutenberg)
- Greene’s Groats-Worth of Wit…. (Renascence/Luminarium)
- Ben Jonson’s Timber, or Discoveries…. (HathiTrust)
- Thomas Rymer’s A Short View of Tragedy… (EEBO/U-Mich)
Plantagenet & Tudor-Stuart Culture & History
General Sites
- Shakespeare Resource Center’s Elizabethan Page (Bardweb)
- Life in Elizabethan England: a Compendium (Maggie Secara)
- The National Archives (UK History, Culture)
- Historic England (HistoricEngland.org)
- World History Encyclopedia (WHE)
- The History of London (historyoflondon.co.uk)
- Map of London (AGAS, U. Vic)
History Sites on England, Scotland, Ireland & Wales
- Shakespeare and History (ShakespeareandHistory)
- English Monarchy Timeline (Drake)
- Tudor History (Lara E. Eakins)
- The Wars of the Roses (Richard III Society)
- Harrison’s Description of England, 1577 (Fordham U)
- Wales under the Tudors (BBC History)
- Owen Glendower (Historic UK) | also englishmonarchs
- Tudor Conquest of Ireland (thepast.com)
- Strangers in Scotland during Tudor Period (British Lib.)
- Kings & Queens of Scotland (Tudor Times)
- Kings & Queens of England & Britain (Historic-Uk.com)
Eminent Plantagenets, Tudors and Stuarts: Biography
- Bio’s of English Monarchs & Aristocrats (englishmonarchs)
- Queen Elizabeth I (Historic Royal Palaces)
- Books on Elizabethans & Elizabethan Life (Marlowe Society)
- 2nd Earl of Essex & Elizabeth I (Royal Museums Greenwich)
- Sir Walter Raleigh & Elizabeth I (HRP)
- Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth’s Spymaster (Historic UK)
- Robert Dudley & Elizabeth I (English Heritage)
- William Cecil & Elizabeth I (History Extra) | Portrait (NPG)
- Christopher Hatton & Elizabeth I (BeingBess Blog)
- Sir Francis Bacon (Britannica)
- Sir Francis Drake (Britannica)
- Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (thehistorypress.org)
- Mary, Queen of Scots & Elizabeth I (Smithsonian Mag.)
- King James VI of Scotland, I of England (NMS)
- George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham (Britannica)
- Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy (warsoftheroses.com)
- Margaret of Anjou, Henry VI’s Queen (Britannica)
Politics, Political Discourse & Parliament
- The History of Parliament (UK)
- History of Parliament (thehistoryofparliament)
- King James I: Basilikon Doron (EEBO/U-Mich)
- King James I: The True Law of Free Monarchy (EEBO/U-Mich)
Religion & Folklore
- Henry VIII’s Reformation Parliament (UK-Parliament)
- Elizabeth I’s Religious Settlement (R.M.-Greenwich)
- “Much-Ado About Nothingness.” Shakespeare an Atheist? (Slate)
- The Folklore Society (UK)
Women’s Rights, Status, and Daily Lives
- Elizabethan Women (Heather Shanette, UK) | Main Site
- Lady Anne Clifford’s Story (Historic England)
- Thomas Elyot’s Defense of Good Women (EEBO/U-Mich)
Education
- Education in the Elizabethan Era (WHE)
- T. Elyot’s Book of the Governor (Luminarium/Renascence)
- T. Elyot’s Education of Children, out of Plutarch (EEBO/U-Mich)
- Hoole’s A New Discovery of the Old Art…, 1660 (HathiTrust)
- Lily’s A short intro. of grammar… 1673 ed. (EEBO/U-Mich)
Medical Care, Disability & Mental Health
- Medicine in Shakespeare’s Time (Folger)
- Hospitals and Alms Houses 1485-1660 (Historic England)
- Disability from 1485-1660 (Historic England)
- Mental Illness in 16th-17th Centuries (Historic England)
Food & Cooking
- Old Elizabethan Recipes (Elizabethan-era.org)
- Five Elizabethan Summer Recipes (tudortravelguide)
- Food & Drink in the Elizabethan Era (World History Encyc.)
Magic, Witchcraft & the Occult
- Daemonology, by King James VI, 1597 (Gutenberg)
- John Dee, Elizabeth I’s Astrologer (History.co.uk)
- Malleus Maleficarum, 1487 (SacredTexts.com)
Legal Practice, Statutory Law, Common Law, etc.
- Bacon’s Elements of the Common Laws, 1639 (HathiTrust)
- Parliamentary Archives 1497-Present (UK Parliament)
- The Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601 (Victorian Web)
- The Law (TudorTimes)
- Elizabethan Crime and Punishment (Eliz-Era.org)
Race, the Slave Trade & Abolition
- Timeline of the Slave Trade & Abolition (Historic England)
- Reading List on Slave Trade & Abolition (Historic England)
- Britain’s First Black Community… (BBC Magazine)
Poverty and Social Distress
Exploration, Empire & Colonialism
Commerce & Trade
Theater, Acting Companies
- Elizabethan Theatre (History of London)
- Elizabethan Theatre (Worldhistory.org)
- UC Berkeley’s Staging Shakespeare (H. Richmond)
- Shakespearean London Theatres (SHALT)
- Records of Early English Drama: REED (U. Toronto)
- Shakespeare’s Fellow Playwrights (Bardweb/SRC)
- The University Wits (PaulineMontagna.com)
- Shakespeare and the Liberties (Britannica)
- History of the Queen’s Men (U. Vic.)
- Queen’s Men Plays Shakespeare Used (U. Vic.)
- The Lord Chamberlain’s Men (IS)
- The King’s Men (Shakespeare-online.com)
- The Admiral’s Men (Britannica)
- Lord Strange’s Men (Britannica)
- Queen Anne’s Men — Jacobean (Britannica)
- Shakespeare’s Company Docs (ShakespeareDoc.)
- Master of the Revels History (Mus. of St. John)
- Jews and Theater in England (JVL)
Arts, Craft & Architecture
- Elizabethan Architectural Style (Mayfair UK)
- Elizabethan Architecture (Elizabethan-era.org)
- The National Portrait Gallery (London, UK)
- The Shakespeare Dance Project (TSDP)
Sports & Entertainment
Nature, Environment & Flowers
- Shakespeare’s Flowers (Honeybeebarn.com)
- Jane E. Giraud’s The Flowers of Shakespeare, 1846 (Google)
- Shakespeare & the Elizabethan Garden (Folger)
- Elizabeth I: Mother Nature (Historic Royal Palaces Blog)
Farming & Agriculture
- “Reaping the Harvest” (The Shakespeare Blog)
- Ten Facts about Tudor Farming (WS Birthplace Trust)
- Enclosure (Brittanica)
- The Enclosure Acts (Collector.com)
Renaissance Sites
- The Medici Archive Project
- Rinascimento: Harvard Library (European Renaissance)
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