Links Database: Research Resources

Sub-Topics

• Graphics and sound (10)
• Individual plays (25)
• Reference (5)
• Shakespeare's life (6)
• The poems (1)
• Authorship (2)

• Absolute Shakespeare - plays, quotes, summaries, essays...

  http://absoluteshakespeare.com/

  Absolute Shakespeare is a well-designed site that provides texts of the plays and poems, early essays on them, and some study guides aimed at the high school student:

  keywords: essays, quotes, summaries

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare

  http://shakespeare.ca/

  The Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare site, based out of the University of Geulph, includes information on the Sanders portrait (a possible portrait of Shakespeare found in Ontario, Canada), links to other Shakespeare-related sites, and a substantial amount of information on Canadian Shakespeare productions and adaptations:

  keywords: adaptation, canada, performance, portrait, theater

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Folger Shakespeare Library

  http://www.folger.edu/

  The Folger Shakespeare Library contains some of the finest historical and textual materials on Shakespeare. Look especially at their past exhibitions:

  keywords: historical, library

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Stratford-upon-Avon: Birthplace of Shakespeare

  http://www.stratford.co.uk/index.asp

  The William Shakespeare Properties, is a site maintained by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Links are made within frames from the Properties site, so this site can be confusing to navigate:

  keywords: birthplace, stratford, william

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Texas A&M University Department of English: World Shakespeare Bibliography Online

  http://www-english.tamu.edu/wsb/

  The World Shakespeare Bibliography is available at this site. It can only be accessed by subscription, but the Bibliography is an essential tool for serious researchers, and the rates of subscription are unusually reasonable:

  keywords: bibliography, english

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• The Frank Furness Collection

  http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/

  The Frank Furness Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Library includes the text of various Shakespeare plays as well as graphic examples of the originals; the site also has other relevant Renaissance texts. This site requires flash plug-in:

  keywords: collection, library, renaissance

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Website

  http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/

  The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust maintains an informative site. Biographical information is provided as well as links to Shakespeare productions and criticism:

  keywords: biographical, birthplace, criticism

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Theatre at UBC Study Guides

  http://www.theatre.ubc.ca/season/study_guides.htm

  The Falstaff Project is a study guide available from the University of British Columbia's theatre department. The project is "a 'contraction' of four of Shakespeare 's linked historical plays -- Richard II , the two parts of Henry IV , and Henry Fifth ." The guide can be downloaded in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat, and contains many short critical essays on the character of Falstaff:

  keywords: british, essays, falstaff, fifth, guide, 1h4, 2h4, henry, historical, r2, richard

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Touchstone : Co-operation and Partnership among UK Shakespeare Collections

  http://www.touchstone.bham.ac.uk/

  The British Library presents Touchstone, a "research tool for Shakespeare research in the United Kingdom." From this site you can search for materials on Shakespeare in the UK, explore past and present productions, and submit questions to the Shakespeare Enquiry Service. This site includes a good exhibitions section:

  keywords: british, library

  valid as of 2005-09-09