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Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge
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A huge site that gathers the most important facts about Elizabethan England not only in the fields of philosophy, culture, literature, and history, but also everyday life, folklore, etc. A number of useful links are also provided.
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Shakespeare, William at All Shakespeare
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Does not have the plays, but - perhaps more useful - a guide to each play, criticism, quotes, Shakespeare in film etc.
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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Has loads of information on the New Globe including historical facts, a virtual tour and a research database on past performances.
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The Elizabethan Theatre
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Based on a 1989 lecture by Prof. Hilda D. Spear, this page sums up the main facts about Elizabethan theatre. It is text accompanied by a good number of slides.
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The WWW Virtual Library for Theatre and Drama
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An extensive list of links to online texts of plays.
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Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
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One of the major link lists on Shakespeare. All links are annotated and sorted into categories such as “Works”, “Criticism” etc. Due to the huge number of links included, loading is rather slow.
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REED Presents: WWW Links for Theatre History and Early Music
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An annotated list of links dealing with all facets of Shakespeare and his work.
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Shakespeare Magazine
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The homepage of a print title. As usual, access is limited, but there are some articles online which should be of interest to teachers mainly. Well worth a visit
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
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The full text of the works in unannotated plain html. Note: Usually, there is more information on that page, but a disk failure limits the offer at the moment.
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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The official site of the New Globe, i.e. less focused on academic interests than the site above. Offers information on recent activities, the history of this theatre AND the plays recently running at the New Globe (including cast lists and pictures).
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The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
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A searchable database of movies, i.e. reviews, plot summaries, actors, directors etc.
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Welcome to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Has a diary on future events on Shakespeare and some information about the man and his time.
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---rave macbeth---
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The official homepage of yet another contemporary Shakespeare adaptation. Has a number of facts about the film, the making of, the actors etc.
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Trashing the Bard
