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Shakespeare

Resources: by play

  • Stick Figure Hamlet : For a quick overview of the play, or as a model for summarising other works.
  • Henry IV: Part I : Teaching resources, including links to the texts of this play and Henry IV: Part II From Web English Teacher.
  • Macbeth : Listen to the full play online in real audio.
  • The Taming of the Shrew : From Web English Teacher, lesson plans and resources for teaching the Shakespearean comedy and the film based on it, Ten Things I Hate About You.

Other resources

  • A Spot on Shakespeare : This site has links to a range of useful general Shakespearean sites, along with others focusing on his life and times, the illustrated Shakespeare, the Globe Theatre, and authorship. It also includes links to movie trailers and several quizzes.
  • A comprehensive guide to Shakespeare resources : links to all of the bard's works online; all of the Shakespeare festivals and more.
  • BBC: Shakespeare Summaries : Plot summaries and tests for The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet are complemented by television talk show interviews with key characters.
  • Illustrated Shakespeare : This collection of selected electronic facsimiles seeks to share with a wider audience meetings of book art and Shakespearean text, and suggests the variety of responses of visual and book artists to the stimulus of Shakespeare's words.
  • Life in Elizabethan England : Titled a "compendium of common knowledge", the site includes information on money, games, fashion, children, household management, education, occupations, and more.
  • Mr William Shakespeare and the Internet : There are many, many sites devoted to Shakespeare on the web. This is as good as any we have come across, and from here you can follow the links to "beguile the time and feed your knowledge". (Twelfth Night)
  • Much Ado About Something : Is it possible that William Shakespeare was the nom-de-plume of Christopher Marlowe, the sixteenth-century English playwright? This site explores the evidence and the conflicting viewpoints.
  • No Fear Shakespeare : A site that presents the language of Shakespeare's plays side by side with a facing-page translation into modern English.
  • Shakespeare as a neologist : Article on Shakespeare as a neologist- someone who invents new words.
  • Shakespeare Art Museum :Art inspired by Shakespeare, from oil paintings to stamp designs.
  • Shakespeare on the Net : This module includes sites relating to sixteenth-century England and Shakespeare's work, showing students some of the resources available on the Internet.
  • Shakespeare on the Web : A virtual tour of a number of key websites that support the learning and teaching of the works of Shakespeare.
  • Shakespeare Resource Centre : A comprehensive Shakespearean portal, which includes links to and information about the man, his works and language, the Globe, Elizabethan England, the authorship debate, readings, Shakespeare's will, and more.
  • Shakespearean Insult Generator : One of several online.
  • Shakespearean Sonnets From Web English Teacher, online texts, commentary, analysis, and teaching ideas.
  • Surfing with the Bard : A wonderful collection of resources, lesson plans, fun activities, and discussion forums for both teachers and students on most of Shakespeare's works and many works about Shakespeare.
  • Teaching Shakespeare : From the Folger Shakespeare Library, this site has a bulletin board for teachers and a large archive of Shakespeare lesson plans, including introductions to Shakespeare, film lessons, interactive media lessons, and lessons on individual plays.
  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare : Includes full texts of all the bard's plays and poems, a discussion area where ideas, questions, and so on can be submitted, a search engine, a section with the more well-known quotes from each text, and a glossary giving generalised definitions of words used in his texts.
  • The Comedy of Errors : From Web English Teacher, links to a range of resources and teaching ideas.

 

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