Friends & Favorites

Shakespeare Resource Center - The name speaks for itself; good links, synopsis, etc
Internet Public Library - A collection of online Shakespeare resources
Shakespirit's Link Page - Good links & busts of Shakespeare for sale
Shakespeare in Europe Metasite - Maintained by The University of Basel, Switzerland
Shakespeare Resources - A Site by Alan Keig of the University of Adelaide Library
Shakespeare's Staging - Shakespeare in performance, University of California at Berkeley
Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare - by Dr. Daniel Fischlin, University of Geulph
Shakespeare Theatre Company - Washington, D.C.
Saint John Shakespeare Festival - Saint John, New Brunswick
Shakespeare 4 Kidz - Oxted, Surrey
Brentwood Shakespeare Company - Brentwood, Essex
Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa - A Grahamstown Foundation project, hosted by Rhodes University
Underground Shakespeare Company - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Brussels Shakespeare Society - Formed in 1975
Web English Teacher - K-12 Resources by Carla Beard
Company of Fools - Ottawa, Ontario
Texas Shakespeare Festival - Kilgore, Texas
Colorado Shakespeare Festival - Boulder, Colorado
Resource Central - Internet Resources
Shakespeare '70 - Lawrenceville, New Jersey
English Online - Teaching & student resources from Ministry of Education, Wellington, New Zealand
King Lear - by Ed Friedlander M.D.

General Reference & Metasites

Shakespeare Resource Center - links, synopsis, etc. edited by J.M. Pressley
Internet Public Library - A collection of Online Shakespeare resources
Resource Central - Internet resources
Absolute Shakespeare - Plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography, etc
Electronic Shakespeare - Resources by Rosalind Tedford
Shakespeare Page - Resources by Robert Teeter
Shakespeare Online - by Amanda Mabillard
About Shakespeare - by Lee Jamieson
Shakespeare and the Internet - by Terry Gray
Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide to Shakespeare - An Internet Resource
Probert Encyclopaedia - A reference guide to Shakespeare's characters
Columbia Encyclopedia & Free Library - Shakespeare References by Farlex
Shakespeare Web - Internet Resources by Ted Nellen
Hamlet On-line - Internet Resources by John Hubbard
Shakespeare and His Critics - Edited by Thomas Larque
No Sweat Shakespeare - Modern language Shakespeare by Warren King
News about William Shakespeare - Commentary & archival articles published in The New York Times.
Shakespeare ch - A Swiss resource
Shakespeare In Asia - International resources with emphasis on Asia by Stanford University
Surfing With the Bard & Shakespeare High - An Online Classroom by Amy Ulen
McGill Shakespeare Resources - McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Shakespeare Index - Articles presented by TheaterHistory.com
Voice of the Shuttle - Humanities database, University of California, Santa Barbara
Shakespeare Resources - by Jerrie Cheek, Kennesaw Elementary School, Georgia
Legends, Shakespeare's Stories - by Paula Katherine Marmor
Theatre Resources - by Artslynx International
William Shakespeare Information - by Linda Alchin
Elizabethan England & Shakespeare - by Marilyn Abramowitz, Mineola High School Library, New York

Texts

Renascence Editions - by Risa Stephanie Bear, University of Oregon
Open Source Shakespeare - Advanced Search, Concordance, and more
Complete Works of William Shakespeare - from the MIT Archives
Complete Works of William Shakespeare - from James Matthew Farrow at University of Sydney
Shakespeare in Quarto - British Library
Shakespeare Resources Electronic Text- University of Virginia Library
Renaissance Electronic Texts & Representative Poetry On-line - Ian Lancashire, University of Toronto English Library
First Folio - University of Glasgow
Plays of William Shakespeare - Electronic Literature Foundation
Shakespeare Searched - Text search engine for Shakespeare's works from Clusty Labs
Internet Shakespeare Editions - from Michael Best at The University of Victoria, Canada
Oxford Shakespeare - from Bartelby on-line books
Shakespeare's Monologues - from Steven Shults
Phrases from Shakespeare - from Phrasefinder by Gary Martin
Words and Phrases by Shakespeare - by Ed Friedlander M.D.
Shakespeare's Sonnets - Annotated Sonnets & Art reproductions by Oxquarry Books Ltd
King Lear with Quarto & Folio Variations - Annotations A Commentary by Dr. Larry A. Brown, Nashville, Tennessee
Shakespeare in PDF - from Penn State's Electronic Classics Series
The First Four Folios - from the Miami University Libraries

Commentary, Study Aids

Web English Teacher - K-12 Resources by Carla Beard
English Online - Teaching & student resources from Ministry of Education, Wellington, New Zealand
Hamlet, Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony & Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, King Lear - by Ed Friedlander M.D.
Hamlet Site - by Amanda Hodges
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays (1817) - by William Hazlitt presented by University of Toronto English Library
William Shakespeare's Tempest - For students and teachers by Dawn Ford, University of Alberta
Hamlet Site - by Prof. Eric Hibbison, Virginia  Community College
Triangulating Shakespeare - by Steven Marx, Cal Poly San Lois Obispo
Studies in Shakespeare - Lectures by Ian Johnston, Malaspina University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Interactive Shakespeare Project - by College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
King Lear Study Site - by Greg Smith
ClassicNotes - by GradeSaver
Shake Sphere - by Michael Cummings
Shakespeare Navigators - by Philip Weller at Clicknotes
Shakespeare and the Early Modern English Theater - Student resources by Leigh T. Denault
Shakespeare’s Colors: Race & Culture In Elizabethan England - by James Shultz, Old Dominion University’s Quest, Virginia

Student Works

Shakey's Place - A ThinkQuest '97 project
Reviews & Plot Summaries - by Anthony Wirth, sophomore, UC Berkeley
Student Shakespeare Site - by Olivia Hill, Urbana High School, Ohio
Elizabethan England - by senior students at Springfield High School, Illinois
Shakespeare is Elementary - by Elementary students, Crichton Park School, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Life and Times of Shakespeare - by students of George Hanna, Grande Prairie Regional College

Biography

In Search of Shakespeare - from PBS series
William Shakespeare - from the History Channel
William Shakespeare - from Literature Post
Shakespeare Biography - from Absolute Shakespeare
Shakespeare Biography - from e-Notes
Shakespeare's Biography - from Shakespeare Online
William Shakespeare - from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Shakespeare Biography - by John F. Andrews, from Prof. Andreas Teuber, Brandeis University

Authorship

Shakespeare Authorship Page - by David Kathman & Terry Ross
Authorship Analysis & Last Will and Testament - presented by Paul J. Dupuy, Jr.
Shakespeare Oxford Society - Founded in 1957
Shakespeare Fellowship - Founded in 2001
Shakespeare Mystery - from Frontline, PBS
All Things Shakespeare - by Irvin Leigh Matus
Shakespeare Authorship Sourcebook - by Mark Alexander
Shakespeare Authorship Pages - by Alan Nelson, University of California, Berkeley
Oxford Authorship Site - by Nina Green
Shakespeare Authorship Studies Conference - from Concordia University, Portland, Oregon
De Vere Society of Great Britain - Dorset, England
Marlowe Society - Founded in 1955
Francis Bacon Society - Founded 1886
Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable - Santa Monica, California
Mary Sidney Society - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Cryptographic Shakespeare - by Penn Leary
Shakespeare Question - by Wayne Bivens-Tatum, Princeton University Library, New Jersey
Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays? - by Prof. Steven Dutch, University of Wisconsin Green Bay

Art & Shakespeare

Illustrated Shakespeare - University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
Imperial Edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works - Text and Engravings published by Charles Knight
Emory's Shakespeare Illustrated - by Harry Rusche, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Shakespeare Images - from Bill Kemp at Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Stick Figure Hamlet - by Dan Carroll, Chicago
Romeo & Juliet - 18th century, John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, by Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago
Illustrators and Shakespeare - from Washington University Libraries in St. Louis, Missouri
Shakespeare Suite - 154 Sonnets (in French) with images by Étienne Yver
Paintings - by Kathleen Barrett et al, Shakespeare Marionette Company

Performance

STAGE
Shakespeare's Staging - Shakespeare in performance, University of California at Berkeley
Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - Hosted by Athabasca University
Institute of Outdoor Drama - University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
Designing Shakespeare - by Arts & Humanities Data Service, University of Glasgow
Cleveland Press Shakespeare Photographs 1870-1982 - Site by Lesley Ellen Jorbin, Cleveland State University Library
Play Shakespeare - Shakespeare resources about performance
Shakespeare Festival Directory - by Curtain Rising

FILM
Shakespeare Films - search by Internet Movie Database
ASL Shakespeare Project - Shakespeare in American Sign Language hosted by University of San Francisco
Bardoltry - reviews of Shakespeare on film by Debra & John Murphy
Filmography - by The New York Times

Theaters & Festivals

AUSTRALIA
Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble - Brisbane
Australian Shakespeare Company - Melbourne
Shakespeare by the Sea - Sydney
Bell Shakespeare National Touring Company - Sydney/Melbourne
Shakespeare on the River Festival - Victoria

BRAZIL
Shakespeare In The Streets - São Simão

CANADA
Shakespeare Kelowna - Kelowna, British Columbia
Bard on the Beach - Vancouver, British Columbia
Shakespeare In The Ruins - Winnipeg, Manitoba
Saint John Shakespeare Festival - Saint John, New Brunswick
Shakespeare By The Sea Festival - St. John's, Newfoundland
Hamilton Urban Theatre - Hamilton, Ontario
Resurgence Theatre Company - Newmarket, Ontario
Company of Fools - Ottawa, Ontario
St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival - Prescott, Ontario
Shakespeare in the Vineyard - St. Catharines, Ontario
Stratford Festival of Canada - Stratford, Ontario
Classical Theatre Project - Toronto/Ottawa, Ontario
Shakespeare In Action - Toronto, Ontario
Upstart Crow - Toronto, Ontario
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech-Slovak Summer Shakespeare Festival - Prague and Bratislava

ENGLAND
Bristol Shakespeare Festival - Bristol
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - Bristol
Bournemouth Shakespeare Players - Bournemouth
Brentwood Shakespeare Company - Brentwood, Essex
Cotswold Arcadians - Gloucestershire
Northern Broadsides - Halifax
British Shakespeare Company - London
British Touring Shakespeare Company - London
Open Air Theater - London
Shakespeare's Globe - Shakespeare Globe Trust, London
Shakespeare 4 Kidz - Oxted, Surrey
Royal Shakespeare Company - Stratford-upon-Avon
Stamford Shakespeare Festival - Stamford

Shakespeare Association of America - Based at the University of Maryland in Baltimore
British Shakespeare Association - Formed in 2003
German Shakespeare Society - (Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft) founded in 1864
Melbourne Shakespeare Society - Founded in 1884, Melbourne, Australia
Brussels Shakespeare Society - Formed in 1975
Shakespeare Foundation of Spain - Founded in 1978, Hosted by The University of Valencia
Norwegian Shakespeare Society - Oslo, Norway
Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa - Formed 1985, Grahamstown Foundation project, hosted by Rhodes University
Shakespeare Theatre Association of America - For the producers of Shakespeare's plays
Shakespeare Society of the Low Countries - founded in 1993, hosted by Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Australian & New Zealand Shakespeare Association - Formed in 1990

Libraries & Museums

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Shakespeare's heritage in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Folger Shakespeare Library - Resources, information and images
Munich Shakespeare Library - Munich, Germany
Perseus Digital Library - by Gregory Cane, Editor, Tufts University
Project Gutenberg - by Michael Hart

Publications

Shakespeare Magazine - For teachers and enthusiasts sponsored by Georgetown University
Shaksper - A global electronic Shakespeare conference edited by Hardy M. Cook
Shakespeare Newsletter - Founded in 1951 by Lou Marder, now published by Iona College
Shakespeare Bulletin - Published quarterly by Johns Hopkins University Press
Shakespeare Revue - News and Reviews since 1996
Upstart Crow - A Shakespeare Journal by Clemson University
Borrowers and Lenders - hosted by The University of Georgia
Early Modern Literary Studies - A refereed journal edited by Matthew Steggle, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Connotations - A Journal for Critical Debate hosted by the Eberhard-Karls-Universitat Tubingen, Germany

Misc.

Shakespirit - Busts of Shakespeare for sale
Shakespeare and Food - From soupsong.com
Shakespearean Insulter - A random Insult generator by Chris Seidel
Shakespeare Performances and Readings - Sound Files from Internet Multicasting & Harper Audio
Titles from Shakespeare - A list by mystery author Barbara Paul
Shakespeare Parodies - by Richard Nathan
Photo Tour of Stratford-Upon-Avon & Shakespeare - from John Webb, Heart-of-England website
Weather in Shakespheare - by The BBC Weather, UK
Shakespeare’s Way - A path from Stratford-upon-Avon to London

This page last updated on
February 13th, 2010