SHAKESPEARE & THE RENAISSANCE

About Shakespeare's Love Sonnets -- Sonnet: n.; v.  - n. a poem of 14 lines (usu. pentameters) using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English usu. having ten syllables per line. - v. (sonneted, sonneting) 1. intr. write sonnets. 2. tr. address sonnets to.

Acting Shakespeare -- The working script prepared by stage manager Johnny Handy for the USA tour of 1987, which was the basis for all later performances.

Background to the Study of English Theatre -- (self-explanatory)

BardWIRE - the Shakespeare Exchange -- TA virtual meeting place for all who want to share the world of Shakespeare.

Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe -- Included here are all of Marlowe's plays, his two known poetic works, Hero and Leander and The Passionate Shepheard to His Love, his translations of Ovid and Lucan, and the short miscellaneous works attributed to Marlowe, a dedicatory epistle to Mary, the Countess of Pembroke and the epitaph on Sir Roger Manwood.

Dragon's Lyre -- A ton of resources for the Renaissance.

Elizabethan Theatre, The -- the text of a lecture by Professor Hilda D. Spear (University of Dundee).

Entrance to the Shakespeare Web -- An interactive, hypermedia environment dedicated to the increasingly popular understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare's plays and other works.

Essays on Shakespeare -- General essays on a variety of Shakespearean topics.

Explore Shakespeare with Google -- The complete plays of Shakespeare now at your fingertips.

Hamlet on the Ramparts -- A public website to provide free access to an evolving collection of texts, images, and film relevant to Hamlet’s first encounter with the Ghost (Act 1, Scenes 4 and 5).

Hotspur Ink. -- Shakespeare merchandise...with a smile.

Internet Resources for Shakespeare Studies -- Links to useful links to a broad range of Shakespeare-related resources available.

Life in Elizabethan England -- A compendium of common knowledge.

***Living History - Preserving the Past -- Articles and how-to's on common medieval household chores and tools.

***Medieval Pavilion Resources -- Introduction and overview of sacred spaces and the known world architectural guild.

***Medieval Re-enactments -- Ideas on how to stage your own medieval event.

***Medieval Sourcebook -- This is an index of selected and excerpted texts for teaching purposes. Full texts of medieval sources arranged according to type. Saints' Lives Devoted to Ancient, Medieval and Byzantine hagiographical sources.

Moliere in English -- Fifteen new versions of Moličre plays now available for production. Bringing Moličre to a new generation.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet -- This site attempts two things: 1. To be a complete annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on Internet. 2. To present new Shakespeare material unavailable elsewhere on the Internet

Plays of William Shakespeare, The -- Welcome to the Electronic Literature Foundation's presentation of the Plays of William Shakespeare.

Portraits of Mary, Queen of Scots -- Selection of portraits spanning Mary's tumultuous life, from a beautiful c1555 Clouet sketch to Pott's 19th century recreation of her execution.

Renaissance Store, The -- A huge selection of Medieval and Renaissance clothing, accessories, armor, swords and other weapons, as well as historic games

Shakespeare at a Glance -- Designed to let viewers learn all about William Shakespeare's life and works in the least amount of time.

Shakespeare Courses and Study Materials -- Works for the student, scholar, actor, and general reader in a form native to the medium of the Internet: scholarly, fully annotated texts of Shakespeare's plays, multimedia explorations of the context of Shakespeare's life and works, and records of his plays in performance.

Shakespeare's Den -- The largest selection of Shakespeare gifts and theatre gifts on the internet.

Shakespeare in Quarto -- The British Library’s 93 copies of the 21 plays by William Shakespeare printed in quarto before the theatres were closed in 1642.

Shakespeare's Monologues -- Searching for a new classical monologue to work with? This might be useful. Includes categorized lists of the monologues with play, act, scene and line numbers of each.

Shakespeare Mystery, The -- Who in fact was he?

Shakespeare Online -- Resources to help you in the study of Shakespeare and his works.

Shakespeare Parodies -- While the author attempted to follow Shakespeare's plots as closely as reasonably possible (for parodies), you should not rely on these scripts in a cheesy attempt to avoid reading the original works, while still hoping to pass your examinations.

Shakespeare Project -- Students will determine what questions they still have about Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, and the Elizabethan Era, choose an area to research, and develop a presentation demonstrating their discoveries.

Shakespeare Resource Center -- Collected links from all over the World Wide Web to help you find information of all sorts on William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare Schools Festival -- In 2006, 1,100 schools UK-wide performed their versions of half-hour Shakespeare plays in 100 professional theatres, with 25,000 young people taking part. Find out more here!

Shakespeare Studies at CMU -- Your one-stop shoppe for Shakespeare study helps and current events.

Society for Creative Anachronism -- An international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe.

***Student Resources on Shakepeare -- Shakespeare is the most widely read author in English speaking countries. 90% of American high school students must read some work by Shakespeare, and all British students in high school must read Shakespeare at some point. Need help?

Tales from Shakespeare -- Shakespeare's works in story form.

***Timothy Mooney Moliere Scripts -- Performances, workshops, and classes and 15 Moliere scripts by Timothy Mooney.

Tudor England -- Tudor-based biographes, portraits, quizzes, and discussions.

Tudor Group, The -- An historical interpretation society concentrating on the later Tudor period (1560-1603 ).

Tudor History.org -- Topics in Tudor history.

***Yet I'll Hammer It Out... -- A very fun and often tongue-in-cheek collections of thoughts and musing on Shakespeare in performance.

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