Shakespeare Websites
I know I’ve been quiet lately, relying mostly on regular features to keep the site active. I’m going to try to post some actual content over the next couple of days, including some theatre reviews of local (NYC) Shakespeare events. In the meantime, allow me to share with you my favorite Shakespeare-related websites. Hey, Charlie, we’re going to Candy Mountain! Candy Mountain, Charlie!
Internet Shakespeare Editions: The site looks simple and elegant, but runs deep. You can actually view screen shots of the different editions of Shakespeare. You can also search a database of performance histories. Lots more here as well.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet: Primarily a portal to other Shakespeare sites, but the original content will make you want to stay for a while, particularly the interactive timeline of important events in Shakespeare’s life.
SCETI: Furness Collection: View a wide range of primary sources of Shakespeare and related subjects. Want to see a facsimile of Pope’s edition of Lear? Erasmus’s Praise of Folly? Or history’s most famous actors’ copies of the Shakespeare plays they performed in? It’s all here.
Shakespeare Resource Center: A site that lives up to its name. Rich with external links and organized by category, this site has enough original content that it will probably have what you’re looking for. But if it doesn’t, it will point you in the right direction.
Please enjoy these sites. And feel free to post some of your own favorites!
April 17th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
I wanted to suggest another Shakespeare resource for you and your readers.
As the Bard said, ‘Tis better to be brief than tedious, so I’ll be brief.
Aside from being a reader of this blog, I’m with ECNext, AccessMyLibrary’s online marketing agency. AccessMyLibrary is a library advocacy site featuring Thomson Gale’s online content, including a lot of Shakespeare related content. We’re helping Thomson Gale spread the word about online resources available courtesy of local libraries.
In the US this week is National Library Week and we’re highlighting “The Shakespeare Collection” as part of the week’s events. The Shakespeare Collection is a free search engine that is all Shakespeare, all the time. You can access original works, adaptations, criticism and commentary by selecting “The Shakespeare Collection” from the list of free databases on our National Library Week page:
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/libraryweek
Thanks!