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• "Otello" The Story That Started It All

  http://www.classical.net:80/music/comp.lst/works/verdi/otello/otstory.html

  A modern translation of Cinthio'sMoor of Venice, Shakespeare's source forOthello:

  keywords: history, oth, othello, source, moor

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays > Othello

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• Another Island, Another Story: A source for Shakespeare'sThe Tempest

  http://www.hull.ac.uk/renforum/v5no1/bilton.htm

  Bilton, Peter. "Another island, Another Story: A source for Shakespeare'sThe Tempest."Renaissance Forum5.1 (2000). Bilton suggests thatThe Enamoured Dianaby Gil Polo was Shakespeare's inspiration forThe Tempest:

  keywords: diana, polo, inspiration, source, Tmp, tempest

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > The Tempest

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• DatingThe Tempest

  http://shakespeareauthorship.com/tempest.html

  Kathman, David. "DatingThe Tempest."The Shakespeare Authorship Page. Eds. David Kathman and Terry Ross. Kathman usesThe Tempest, dated after the death of the Earl of Oxford, to challenge the claim that the Earl of Oxford wrote Shakespeare's plays:

  keywords: date, authorship, earl, oxford, source, Tmp, tempest

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > The Tempest

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• Granville'sJew of Venice(1701): A Close Reading of Shakespeare'sMerchant

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/GRANVILL%20JEW_OF_V.txt

  Schneider, Ben Ross. "Granville'sJew of Venice(1701): A Close Reading of Shakespeare'sMerchant." SHAKSPER viaEarly Modern Literary Studies, 1992. Schneider examines the differences between Shakespeare'sThe Merchant of Veniceand Granville's early 18th-century adaptation of it,The Jew of Venice, and disputes the argument that Granville's text is Shakespeare's minus the capitalism:

  keywords: adaptation, capitalism, granville, jew, MV, merchant, source

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > The Merchant of Venice

  valid as of 2005-09-08

• Hall's Chronicle

  http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/printedbooksNew/index.cfm?textID=halle&PagePosition=1

  Hall, Edward, d. 1547.The vnion of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, beyng long in continuall discension for the croune of this noble realme : with al the actes done in both the tymes of the princes, both of the one linage & of the other....(Hall's Chronicle). London : Rychard Grafton, Prynter to the Kynges Maiestye, 1550. This text is available through theFurness Collection:

  keywords: hall, chronicle, edward, source, 1H6, 2H6

  found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > Henry VIParts 1-2

  valid as of 2005-09-14

• More's Life ofRichard III

  http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=more_richIII&PagePosition=1

  More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535.The tragicall historie of the life and reigne of Richard the third.Written by the right honorable Sir Thomas Moore, Lord Chancellor of England. In The historie of the pittiful life and unfortunate death of Edward the fifth and the then Duke of Yorke, his brother ; with, The troublesome and tyrranical government of usurping Richard the third, and his miserable end. London: T. Payne and sold by M. Young, 1641. This text is available throug theFurness Collectionat:

  keywords: R3, king, edward, richard, yorke, source, moore

  found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > Richard III

  valid as of 2005-09-14

• Orator

  http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=orator_selections&PagePosition=1

  Le Sylvain, ca. 1535-ca. 1585. "Of a Jew, who would for his debt haue a pound of the flesh of a Christian" FromIn The orator : handling a hundred seuerall discourses, in forme of eclamations : some of the arguments being drawne from Titus Liuius and other ancient writers, the rest of the authors owne inuention : part of which are of matters happened in our age .London : Printed by Adam Islip, 1596. View images of this original text at theFurness Collection:

  keywords: london, merchant, mv, venice, source

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays > The Merchant of Venice

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Brookes More)

  http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Ov.+Met.+1.1

  Metamorphosesis available in Shakespeare's preferred translation, by Arthur Golding, atPerseus Project:

  keywords: metamorphoses, source, ovid, perseus, golding

  found in: Renaissance Sites > Pre-Renaissance Materials > Classical > Ovid

  valid as of 2005-09-15

• Romeus and Juliet

  http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/BrookeIndex.html

  Philip Weller's site features a scene index, notable quotes, themes and motifs, sonnet proportions, lesson plans, and other helpful information. It also includes sources Shakespeare used, such as Romeus and Juliet.

  keywords: arthur brooke, romeus and juliet, romeo and juliet, rom, romeo, source, romeus

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays > Romeo and Juliet

• Romeus and Juliet

  http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/BrookeIndex.html

  The poem by Arthur Brooke,Romeus and Juliet, was used by Shakespeare as the source for his playRomeo and Juliet (not "Ethel the pirate's daughter" as Tom Stoppard wittily suggests in the filmShakespeare in Love). A step-by-step summary of Brooke's poem is provided atShakespeare Navigators.

  keywords: brooke, romeo, juliet, source, Rom

  found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > Romeo and Juliet

• Shakespeare's Italian Dream: Cinquecento sources forA Midsummer Night's Dream

  http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/ITALIAN%20DREAM.txt

  Leslie, Robert W. "Shakespeare's Italian Dream: Cinquecento Sources forA Midsummer Night's Dream." SHAKSPER viaEarly Modern Literary Studies. Leslie argues that not only is the setting ofA Midsummer Night's Dreamlargely Italian, but the plot is also influenced by Italian sources:

  keywords: italian, italy, MND, midsummer night's dream, source

  found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > A Midsummer Night's Dream

  valid as of 2005-09-07

• The Renaissance: Authors and texts -- Shakespeare's sources

  http://ise.uvic.ca/Annex/links/Renaissance_Sites/Authors_and_texts.html

  See Shakespeare's sosurces for the history plays at theInternet Shakespeare Editions:

  keywords: history, source

  found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > English > Holinshed, Raphael

  valid as of 2005-09-12

• Troilus and Criseyde

  http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-old?id=ChaTroi&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/lv1/Archive/mideng-parsed&part=0

  Troilus and Criseydeis available at the University of Virginia Library'sElectronic Text Center:

  keywords: tro, chaucer, troilus, criseyde, source

  found in: Renaissance Sites > Pre-Renaissance Materials > Medieval > Chaucer

  valid as of 2005-09-15