Theatre Studies: Shakespeare
Shakespeare
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Shakespeare Sources
Shakespeare Databases
- Drama Online: National Theatre Collection (Bloomsbury)
This award-winning digital library has been created as a response to the need for a high-quality online research tool for drama and literature students, professors, and teachers. - Early English Books Online
EEBO includes Include works by major authors such as Shakespeare, Malory, Spenser, Bacon, Erasmus and many more. - Literature Online (Lion)
Literature Online (LION) is a resource for literary programs with journals and reference material to help contextualise primary works and authors. - Literature Research Centre
Gale Literature Resource Center offers the a range of authors and their works, including a large collection of full-text critical and literary analysis. - Language & Literature (ProQuest)
A rich digital archive of leading international journals in the humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content. - The JSTOR Understanding Series
An institutional or individual access account may be required to view the full text of the linked journal articles and book chapters. (Shakespeare) - Wiley Online Library
Wiley Online Library provides full-text access to key reference works in the Blackwell's Reference series and Wiley Textbooks. There are titles specifically related to Shakespeare. - ERA | BBC Shakespeare Archive
With over 1000 programmes from the BBC’s archive of Shakespeare’s plays, poems and sonnets. - Shaksper
Shakesper is an international, e-mail distribution list for discussion among Shakespearean scholars, researchers, instructors, students, - Rare Book Room
The "Rare Book Room" site has been constructed as an educational site intended to allow the visitor to examine and read some of the great books of the world. - The Bodleian First Folio
Welcome to the digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7. - Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive
The Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive contains over 3000 illustrations taken from the most significant illustrated editions of Shakespeare’s plays in the Victorian period.
- Iter
Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) through the development and distribution of online resources. - Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is the independent charity that cares for the Shakespeare heritage sites in Stratford-upon-Avon and promotes understanding of his works, life and times. - ShaLT: Shakespearean London Theatres
It is not widely known that the sites of many of the London theatres of Shakespeare's time have been positively identified and can be enjoyed as tourist destinations. - Shakespeare Documented
Shakespeare Documented is a collection of primary-source materials documenting the life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), bringing together all known manuscript and print references to Shakespeare. - Shakespeare Wiki
This database has anything and everything Shakespeare here! From his great plays to his simple sonnets. - Internet Shakespeare Editions
We aim to inspire a love of Shakespeare's works by delivering open-access, peer-reviewed Shakespeare resources with the highest standards of scholarship, design, and usability. - Lost Plays Database
The Lost Plays Database is a forum for scholars to share information about lost plays in England, 1570-1642. To add lost plays to scholarly discussions of early modern theatrical activity. - BBC Shakespeare Radio 3 Plays
The BBC Radio 3 collection of Shakespeare Plays via - YouTube. - BBC : Shakespeare 2016 Lives Archive
Shakespeare 2016 Lives marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. BBC Website Archive. - Google Arts & Culture
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. - The Spelling and Pronunciation of Shakespeare's Name
The spelling "Shakespeare," was used to refer to the author of the plays and poems, and the spelling "Shakspere" or "Shaksper," was used to refer to the Stratford man.
Freeing Shakespeare's voice : the actor's guide to talking the tex by Call Number: Central : PR3091.LR32 (Book)ISBN: 9781559360319Publication Date: 2011The content: language -- Vowels and consonants -- Worlds and images -- Words into phrases -- Organically, cosmically and etymologically speaking -- Figures of speech -- I etc...
Shakespeare on the German stage by Call Number: Central : PR3108 .W55 2004 (Book)ISBN: 9780521611930Publication Date: 2004This is an illustrated history of the performance and reception of Shakespeare's plays on the German stage from the English Comedians in the late sixteenth century to the First World War.
Shakespeare by Call Number: (eBook)ISBN: 9786610249794Publication Date: 2020First published to critical acclaim in 1989, this book is now recognised as one of the most original and influential critical studies of Shakespeare to have appeared in recent times.
Still Shakespeare and the photography of performance by Call Number: (eBook)ISBN: 9781108768337Publication Date: 2020Photography, can at last prove Shakespeare wrong: the actors will not be allowed to melt into thin air, but instead will be retained in the form of their photographic images, caught in the attitudes of stage performance.
Shakespeare & money by Call Number: (eBook)ISBN: 9781789206739Publication Date: 2020Though better known for his literary merits, Shakespeare made money, wrote about money and enabled money-making by countless others in his name.
The Cambridge Shakespeare by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780511701276Publication Date: Oct 2010 (Vol 9)
- Shakespeare's Monologues
The monologues are organised by play, then categorised by comedy, history and tragedy. - Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library has the world's largest collection of materials relating to Shakespeare and his works, from the 16th century to the present day. - Open Source Shakespeare
Open Source Shakespeare is a free site containing Shakespeare's complete works and is based on the Moby Edition of Shakespeare's complete works. - MIT Global Shakespeares
The Global Shakespeare Video & Performance Archive is a collaborative project providing online access to performances of Shakespeare from many parts of the world. - Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand
Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ) is a life skills enhancing organisation through Shakespeare. It interacts and collaborates with Shakespeare’s Globe in London. - The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Welcome to the Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
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Two page PDF detailing keyword and boolean search tips, Google Scholar boolean search tips, and reverse citation searching. - Electronic Access HelpIf you have any queries about our electronic resources (databases, e-journals or e-books), please contact the library using the form on this web page.
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- 50+ Google Search Operators
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