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• ATHENA - Pierre Perroud

  http://hypo.ge-dip.etat-ge.ch/athena/html/athome.html

  Athenais a fine and stimulating collection of art and e-texts in several languages. Click on the "Ophelia" page for a collection of artistic depictions of Shakespeare's character:

  keywords: art, collection

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Books at Random House of Canada | Shakespeare's Face by Stephanie Nolan

  http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0676974848&view=excerpt

  Stephanie Nolen ofThe Globe and Mailreported on a possible new portrait of William Shakespeare aged 39. The resulting book,Shakespeare's Face, includes contributions from eminent Shakespeare scholars. This site contains information about the publisher:

  keywords: canada, globe, portrait, book, nolen

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Charles Knight's Shakespeare

  http://home.wanadoo.nl/m.vanherpt/

  Charles Knight's Shakespearefeatures high-quality renderings of the 38 engravings from theImperial Edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works(1873). Includes accompanying English and Dutch texts and there are a number of sound recordings for the English texts, along with an overview of Charles Knight's working life:

  keywords: edition, english, life, sound

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• English 330: New Approaches to Renaissance Studies

  http://www.english.upenn.edu/~bushnell/english-330/

  Rebecca Bushnell's course at U. Penn,English 330: New Approaches to Renaissance Studies, has posted some wonderful visual resources, as well as many maps and portraits:

  keywords: course, english, maps, renaissance, portrait

  valid as of 2005-08-02

• IMS: William Shakespeare, HarperAudio

  http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/IMS/HarperAudio/020994_harp_ITH.html

  Hear excerpts fromMuch Ado About NothingandJulius Caesaras well as the sonnets read by Sir John Gielgud at HarperCollins Audio (Shakespeare):

  keywords: ado, caesar, jc, julius, much ado about nothing, sonnets, audio

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Shakeseare Suite : Bienvenue / Welcome

  http://www.chez.com/shake/

  All 154 Shakespeare sonnets illustrated by French painter Etienne Yver. This site is available only in French:

  keywords: french, illustrated, sonnets

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Shakespeare Illustrated

  http://shakespeare.emory.edu/illustrated_index.cfm

  Shakespeare Illustrated, a scholarly and growing site developed by Harry Rusche, has a fine collection of images of earlier illustrations of the plays. Some are currently offline for copyright reasons, but the collection is still impressive, and is accompanied by some insightful critical materials:

  keywords: collection, illustrated, paintings, images, illustrations

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Shakespeare Images

  http://www1.umw.edu/~wkemp/gallery/shakespeare_images/shakimages1.htm

  Bill Kemp of Mary Washington College maintains a gallery of public domain Shakespeare images. There is also a link to more images at the bottom of this page:

  keywords: gallery, images

  valid as of 2005-10-21

• Shakespeare and the Players

  http://shakespeare.emory.edu/players_index.cfm

  Shakespeare and the Playersis a fascinating survey through postcards of the many now unfamiliar English and American actors who played Shakespeare's characters for late Victorian and Edwardian audiences:

  keywords: english, american, actors, postcards, players

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• The Cleveland Press Shakespeare Photographs

  http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/shakespeare/

  The Cleveland Press, Shakespeare Photographs 1870-1982provides a impressive collection of photographs of Shakespeare film, stage, opera, ballet, and television productions:

  keywords: photographs, photos, productions

  valid as of 2005-09-13