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Plays & Poems

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All's Well That Ends WellAntony and CleopatraAs You Like ItThe Comedy of ErrorsCoriolanusCymbelineEdward the ThirdHamletHenry IV, Part 1Henry IV, Part 2Henry VHenry VI, Part 1Henry VI, Part 2Henry VI, Part 3Henry VIIIJulius CaesarKing JohnKing LearLove's Labor's LostMacbethMeasure for MeasureThe Merchant of VeniceThe Merry Wives of WindsorA Midsummer Night's DreamMuch Ado About NothingOthelloPericlesRichard IIRichard IIIRomeo and JulietThe Taming of the ShrewTimon of AthensTitus AndronicusThe TempestTroilus and CressidaTwelfth NightThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Two Noble KinsmenThe Winter's Tale

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Venus and Adonis The Rape of Lucrece The Sonnets A Lover's Complaint The Passionate Pilgrim The Phoenix and the Turtle

There is also a page that lists all works on the site, indicating whether they have been edited and peer reviewed.

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Life & Times

Explore the context of Shakespeare's works.

his life | the stage | the society he lived in | Renaissance history and politics | the background of ideas and religion | early drama | the literature, art, and music | how the context helps us understand the plays | chronology, maps, and bibliography

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Performance

Shakespeare in Performance: searchable records of productions on stage and film.

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Resources

Reference works, critical articles, and other works of interest in the study of Shakespeare.

Shakespeare Around the Globe | Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition | Shakespeare's sources | links

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About the Internet Shakespeare Editions

Information about the ISE, its aims and administration.

Celebrating the new site | How to use the site | The advisory boards who give direction to the site | The editors who are preparing the plays and poems for the electronic medium | Awards
See also the Foyer

The site can also be visualized as a Library:

• In the Foyer you will find an introduction to the site, its aims, and organizational structure
• The Library publishes peer-reviewed materials on all matters relating to Shakespeare's work and his life and times.
• The Theater provides access to a large and growing database of Shakespeae in Performance, and the ISE Performance Chronicle, which offers up to date reviews of Shakespeare productions.
• The Annex publishes pre-prints and more informal matters.