The Collected Works of William Shakespeare
Internet Resources

Shakespeare Web sites

The Collected Works of Shakespeare
Matty Farrow runs a server that is very similar to this one in Australia. Of course it should look familiar, since the basic text layout for our site was purloined from his. It's got a great search interface.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
A web project from The Tech is very complete. The site was created and is maintained by Jeremy Hylton. Part of our server was inspired by this web site.

International Globe Centre. Information about the re-construction of the Globe Theatre and the Shakespeare in performance database that is being created by Chantal Miller-Schütz and Pauline Kiernan.

Shakespeare's Stratford. A guide to Shakespeare's Stratford and the heart of England. Attractions, stately homes, accommodation, events, theatres, restaurants, Shakespeare and his works, community information and much more.

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust  All about historic Stratford-on-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace and the Shakespeare Centre which houses the Trust's library (including the archives of the Royal Shakespeare Company). This is the official site, and it now includes valuable information on Shakespeare's life.

The Folger Shakespeare Library  A landmark site from this famous Shakespearean library (the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, in addition to a magnificent collection of other rare Renaissance books and manuscripts on all disciplines), including the journal Shakespeare Quarterly . They have a very nice Mail Order Shop.

Shakespeare Web, presented by Dr. Dana Lloyd Spradley,includes questions and answers and some defunct discussion groups. Only one play so far. This site doesn't seem to be actively maintained.

Other texts

A Midsummer Night's Dream (by a student in the UNBC interdisciplinary MA program).

Shakespeare courses

English 305 at Washington State University. Prof. J.M. Massi has prepared this page for her Shakespeare class, but it should be of interest to a wider audience than just her students. It includes study questions and some answers to students' questions.

Materials for Michael Best's courses at the University of Victoria are available on the Web. The Web pages included a comprehensive list of related material and hypertext versions of several plays (with line numbers).

Secondary materials

Shakespeare Illustrated. A collection of paintings inspired by Shakespeare's work, collected and described by Harry Rusche of Emory University.

The Encyclopedia Brittanica has a Web server, but it is not public. Some colleges and universities have licensed access to the server. If you do have access, you can read encyclopedia articles on Shakespeare.

A search turned up this brief comment on Hamlet written by Samuel Johnson.

Shakespeare on film

If you're interested in interpretations of Shakespeare's work on film, you might try the Internet Move Database. I've included pointers to both the original UK site and a US mirror.

Shakespeare festivals

Other Renaissance information

• On-line courses
  • Electric Renaissance
• Sites with texts and criticism
  • Project Aldus, a Renaissance archive and resource center
  • Edmund Spenser home page
• Journals
  • Early Modern Literary Studies
  • ELH-- English Literary History