Introduction

The Internet Resources

• Shakespeare and the Internet - A wealth of information about William Shakepeare, his life and times, his plays, as well as links to other great websites. Included are plot summaries, commentaries, study guides, essays, you name it! An award winning site, well worth a look for the serious student of our finest English playwright.

• The Complete Works of Shakespeare - All of Shakespeare's plays available in HTML format! Why do you need this site? Glad you asked. When you do your acting scenes, you must make LARGE PRINT copies of your scene for your performance scripts. You can use this site to download your scene, change the font size, add blocking -- all without having to retype all of the Bard's timeless words!

• Shakespeare Glossary - A quick guide to Shakespearean definitions. If you can't figure out what a word means, and there is no footnote in your book, this list might keep you going until you can get to a Complete Oxford Dictionary.

• Elizabethan Life - Some brief descriptions of Elizabethan life. Also, some easy-to-read background on Shakespeare and the Elizabethan theatre.

• Shakepeare and The Globe - A great resource for information about both The Globe of Shakespeare's time, but of the recent reconstruction of the theatre.

• The Elizabethan Theatre - '... this site contains the text of a lecture by Professor Hilda D. Spear (University of Dundee) held at Cologne University in October 1989.' A terrific resource with lots of color slides of Elizabethan acting venues, and information about performances during Shakespeare's day.