A sample of upcoming productions around the world.

Links Database: Keyword performance

• "An Improbable Fiction": Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in Sources and Performance

  http://www.io.com/~jlockett/Grist/English/12thnightsources.html

  Locket, Joseph. "'An Improbable Fiction': Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in Sources and Performance." Grist for the Mill: Papers, Project, and Positions. Ed. Joseph Locket. Locket examines what Shakespeare's interpretations of some of Twelfth Night's sources suggest about how the play should be performed:

  keywords: performance, sources, TN, twelfth night

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Twelfth Night

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• "The Thing Itself": Staging Male Sexual Vulnerability in King Lear

  http://www.marshall.edu/engsr/SR1999.html#A2

  Shurgot, Michael W. "'The Thing Itself': Staging Male Sexual Vulnerability in King Lear." Shakespeare and Renaissance Association of West Virginia (SRASP) 22 (1999). Shurgot examines the thematic significance of the nude scenes in the Royal National Theatre's 1997 production of King Lear:

  keywords: king, Lr, lear, nudity, performance

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• Bibliography: Shakespeare in Performance- University Libraries of Notre Dame

  http://www.nd.edu/~colldev/subjects/theatre/biblio.htm

  A bibliography of Shakespeare in performance compiled by Joseph H. Huebner, a Communications and Theatre Librarian at the University of Notre Dame. Unfortunately, this site has not been updated since February 1999:

  keywords: book, bibliography, libraries, performance

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Stage and performance history

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• California Shakespeare Theater

  http://www.calshakes.org/

  Orinda, California. Visit the well-designed website of the Calfornia Shakespeare Theater at:

  keywords: performance, review, theater

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > USA

  valid as of 2005-10-21

• 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

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project (CASP)

  http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/

  CASP is the first research project of its kind anywhere in the world devoted to the systematic exploration and documentation of the ways in which Shakespeare has been adapted into a national, multicultural theatrical practice. On this site you will find a wealth of learning, teaching, and research resources related to how Shakespeare has been adapted into (and out of) Canadian theatre.

  keywords: actor, canada, education, interview, performance, theater

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance

  valid as of 2005-11-09

• Curtain Rising

  http://www.curtainrising.com/

  Curtain Rising, part of playsonthenet.com, is a searchable theater directory for theaters in America and around the world.

  keywords: companies, international, performance, theater

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > General

  valid as of 2008-02-25

• Derek Jacobi's Richard II: Ambiguities Answered

  http://www.io.com/~jlockett/Grist/English/richard-ii.html

  Locket, Joseph. "Derek Jacobi's Richard II: Ambiguities Answered." Grist for the Mill: Papers, Projects, and Positions. Locket analyzes how the character of King Richard becomes evident in Derek Jacobi's film production of Richard II through costume, acting, and script choices:

  keywords: character, costume, film, performance, R2, richard, script

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Richard II

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• Early Modern Plays in London

  http://homepage.mac.com/tomdalekeever/earlymodern.html

  This table created by Tom Dale Keever organizes the most accurate available data on the performance of Early Modern English drama in London from 1576, when the first public playhouse was constructed, until 1642, when the playhouses were closed by Parliament. Data can be sorted by Title, Date, Playwright, Company, and Theater. This HTML page can be downloaded and converted to a word-processable tabled document or to a database like MS Excel so that individuals can work with the data however they please:

  keywords: performance, theater, company, playwrights, london, globe, chamberlain's men, king's men

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Stage and performance history

  valid as of 2007-07-03

• London Theatre Shows

  http://www.thisistheatre.com/

  This site contains information about past and current London, England Shakespeare and non-Shakespeare stage productions. It also includes links to UK theaters and companies:

  keywords: archive, companies, london, performance, theater, uk

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > Great Britain

  valid as of 2008-02-25

• McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies

  http://www.stetson.edu/csata/thr_guid.html

  Ken McKoy has written A brief Guide to internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies:

  keywords: guide, performance, theatre

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Stage and performance history

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• Music at the New Globe

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/07-1/schumusi.htm

  Schutz, Chantal. "Music at the New Globe." Early Modern Literary Studies 7.1 (May, 2001): 4.1-36. Schutz reviews the style and use of music in recent productions of Shakespeare's works at the Globe:

  keywords: performance, globe, music

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual articles

  valid as of 2005-09-07

• Queen of the First Quarto

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/HAMLETQ1%20QUEEN.txt

  Shand, G.B. "Queen of the First Quarto." SHAKSPER via Early Modern Literary Studies. A performance-oriented study of Queen Gertrude in Hamlet's First Quarto.

  keywords: gertrude, Ham, hamlet, performance, quarto, queen

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Hamlet

  valid as of 2005-09-07

• Queensland Theatre Company

  http://www.qldtheatreco.com.au

  Australia's Queensland Theatre Company performs both Shakespeare and non-Shakespearean plays. Their website has excellent archives of their past performances, as well as educational resources for teachers:

  keywords: teacher, performance, australia, education

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > Australia

  valid as of 2007-04-05

• Seattle Shakespeare Company

  http://www.seattleshakespeare.org/

  Seattle, Washington. Find out what is coming up this season, what plays have been previously produced and archived, and what kind of education programs are offered by the Seattle Shakespeare Company :

  keywords: company, play, performance, season

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > USA

  valid as of 2005-10-21

• Shakespeare Bulletin

  http://www.shakespeare-bulletin.org

  The Shakespeare Bulletin is a peer-reviewed journal of performance criticism and scholarship that provides commentary on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama through feature articles, theatre and film reviews, and book reviews:

  keywords: criticism, journal, performance, print

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Journals

  valid as of 2005-09-07

• Shakespeare Festivals and Theaters

  http://www.shakespearefellowship.org/linksfestivals.htm

  This detailed and comprehensive list of Shakespeare theater companies and festivals lists primarily American companies, but many international companies are also included:

  keywords: canada, companies, international, festivals, national, performance, theater, usa

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > General

  valid as of 2007-01-16

• Shakespeare Online

  http://www.shakespeare-online.com/index.html

  Amanda Mabillard's frequently updated Shakespeare site offers a wide range of resources including information about Elizabethan theater history, a Shakespeare biography, and essays relating to the plays and sonnets. Shakespeare Online also provides links to Mabillard's About Shakespeare articles:

  keywords: performance, sonnets, essays, biography

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Stage and performance history

  valid as of 2007-05-04

• Shakespeare by the Sea

  http://www.shakespearebythesea.ca/

  Halifax, Nova Scotia. Explore the website for the Shakespeare by the Sea Theatre Company:

  keywords: company, performance, theatre, halifax, nova scotia, canada

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > Canada

  valid as of 2005-10-21

• Shakespeare in Asia

  http://sia.stanford.edu/

  A team of Stanford students and faculty has compiled an archive of links for international Shakespeare research and performance. There is also a photo gallery where you can view images from Shakespeare productions in Asia:

  keywords: performance, production, asia, international, foreign

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > Asia

  valid as of 2007-02-05

• Shakespeare's Staging

  http://shakespeare.berkeley.edu/

  This site, maintained by Hugh Richmond at the University of California Berkeley, provides a survey of current information and opinion about staging by registering the best available explorations of the original nature of Shakespearean performance during his lifetime, and of its development through four centuries thereafter. It includes an extensive image gallery:

  keywords: images, opinion, perform, performance, stage

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Stage and performance history

  valid as of 2008-02-25

• Shakespeare.ch

  http://www.shakespeare.ch

  Created by Sonia Marino and Tanja Walser, Shakespeare.ch includes a database of Shakespeare performances in Switzerland. Also included are links to sites with information on Elizabethan England, Shakespeare's life, and research resources. You can also play a Shakespeare memory game or send a virtual greeting card:

  keywords: performance, switzerland, german, international

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > Switzerland

  valid as of 2007-02-05

• Speak the Speech

  http://www.speak-the-speech.com/

  Founded by Peter Pressman, Speak the Speech is a small organization in Portland, Oregon, working to freely distribute engaging audio presentations of all of Shakespeare's plays to as wide an audience as possible via the internet and other electronic media:

  keywords: audio, sound, performance, company, speech

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > USA

  valid as of 2007-07-23

• Templeman Library Theatre Collections

  http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/special/Development%20Area/theatre.htm

  This site contains Victorian and Edwardian performance records for Shakespearean and non-Shakespearean plays. Records are categorized by theater and often include cast and crew members, but unfortunately, most of the artifacts are not available online:

  keywords: actors, melville, performance, theater

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Stage and performance history

  valid as of 2008-02-25

• The BBC Twelfth Night: Relationships Revealed

  http://www.io.com/~jlockett/Grist/English/12thnightfilm.html

  Locket, Joseph. "The BBC Twelfth Night: Relationships Revealed." Grist for the Mill: Papers, Projects, and Positions. Ed. Joseph Locket. Locket examines some of the performances choices made in the 1996 BBC production of Twelfth Night:

  keywords: bbc, film, performance, twelfth night, TN

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Twelfth Night

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• The Illinois Shakespeare Festival

  http://www.thefestival.org/

  Bloomington, Illinois. Supported by Illinois State University, the Illinois Shakespeare Festival gives brief overviews for those productions being preformed:

  keywords: articles, festival, illinois, performance

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > USA

  valid as of 2006-06-01

• The King Lear Quarto in Rehearsal and Performance

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/Q1LEAR%20PERFORM.txt

  Richman, David. "The King Lear Quarto in Rehearsal and Performance." SHAKSPER via Early Modern Literary Studies . Richman discusses performing from the quarto, rather than the recommended folio or conflated versions of King Lear:

  keywords: archive, folio, king, Lr, lear, performance, quarto

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• The Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection

  http://www.mander-and-mitchenson.co.uk/

  The Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson Theatre Collection is one of the largest collections of theater and performance related materials in the UK. Their website offers a picture gallery of over 300 Shakespearean and non-Shakespearean images, as well as other various artifacts located in their collection:

  keywords: archive, images, performance, theater, uk

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Stage and performance history

  valid as of 2008-02-25

• The bremer shakespeare company

  http://www.shakespeare-company.com/

  The bsc has now staged 40 Shakespeare productions, all plays being presented in new translations, in addition to premiering many new contemporary works. The bsc has toured nationally and internationally (Finland, Poland, Austria, Estonia, Italy, England, Liechtenstein, and India). Most of the site is in German:

  keywords: deutschland, germany, performance, theater

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Theater Companies and Festivals > Germany

  valid as of 2008-03-25

• Theatre Resources from Artslynx

  http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/index.htm

  Artslynx International Theatre Resources, includes a list of "this month in theatre history" and contains links to everything from acting and performance resources to puppetry. This site also includes a section devoted to Shakespeare links:

  keywords: history, international, performance, theater

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Stage and performance history

  valid as of 2005-09-09

• To Strut and Fret Upon the Stage: Theatrical Interpretations of Sources for Macbeth

  http://www.io.com/~jlockett/Grist/English/macbethsources.html

  Locket, Joseph. "To Strut and Fret Upon the Stage: Theatrical Interpretation of Sources for Macbeth." Grist for the Mill: Papers, Projects, and Positions. Locket looks at Shakespeare's primary source materials for Macbeth, particularly Holinshed's Chronicles, for production suggestions:

  keywords: historical, holinshed, Mac, macbeth, stage, sources, performance

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Macbeth

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• Two Lears For Television: An Exploration of Televisual Strategies

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/TWOLEARS%20FOR_TV.txt

  Cook, Hardy M. "Two Lears for Television: An Exploration of Televisual Strategies." SHAKSPER via Early Modern Literary Studies. Cook compares two versions of King Lear-- Jonathan Miller's 1982 version with Michael Hordern as Lear for the series "The Shakespeare Plays" and Michael Elliott's with Lawrence Olivier.

  keywords: king, Lr, lear, performance, television

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• University of Bristol Theatre Collection

  http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/

  The Collection is dedicated to the study of British theater and holds a vast collection of performance artifacts from theaters, actors, designers and much more. The site includes archive records of the Old Vic theater that includes many Shakespearean artifacts. Many artifacts are available online:

  keywords: archive, artifacts, images, costume, database, performance, theater, vic

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Stage and performance history

  valid as of 2008-02-25

• William Hazlitt's Theater Criticism

  http://prometheus.cc.emory.edu/panels/5D/C.Harris.html

  Harris, Colin. "'Polite Conversation': Performance, Politics, and National Unity in William Hazlitt's Theater Criticism." Prometheus Unplugged, 1996. A discussion of Hazlitt's part in the transformation of theater and Shakespearean criticism by Romantic ideas:

  keywords: criticism, performance, politics, theater, theatre, william

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual articles

  valid as of 2005-09-07