The Bard's Corner: Favorite Sites for Shakespeare

Great resource for for William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre. This site has won a number of awards.

 

Digital Library (Facts On File: Bloom's Literary Reference On-line)

Once you arrive here, click on Facts on File; click on Bloom's Literary Reference and type in “William Shakespeare”. This site can only be accessed through an LAUSD district computer. This is a great research site, with a great search engine.

 

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (M.I.T.)

Offers full text of his plays, but not the sonnets.

 

This site is a big one, and it will take you a while to explore. There are special sections for students, families, and teachers.

 

Take a look at this great site with a lot of information. A little difficult to maneuver through and it has some irritating advertising pop-ups -- but try it anyway.

 

Developed in partnership with the Folger Shakespeare Library, these classroom resources are designed around six thematic strands: Shakespeare's Language, Shakespeare on Film, Performance, Primary Sources, Teaching Shakespeare to Elementary Students, and Teaching Shakespeare with Technology.

 

This is an annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet.

 

A collection of information on Shakespeare’s works most commonly encountered in a K-12 curriculum employing materials tailored to high school and introductory college level students. Also includes a set of links to related sources dealing with the English monarchy and life and customs in Elizabethan England.

 

A collection of teaching Shakespeare sites on the Web.

 

Shakespeare: Subject to Change (Cable in the Classroom)

Here’s a different site! Follow Shakespeare through sight and sound. The first of a series of demonstrations to show the power of learning with broadband -- cable's high-speed Internet.

You will need high-speed cable Internet connection, Macromedia Flash 6 Plug-in,

5.0+ browser, 800 x 600 monitor resolution, and maybe Speakers or headphones.

 

 

The Shakespeare Mystery (PBS Frontline)

WGBH's TV program exploring the Shakespeare authorship question.  

 

It provides free, original, and accurate information on Shakespeare to students, teachers, and Shakespeare enthusiasts. It includes a biography, plays, poems, analysis, essays and much more. Access Magazine reviewed Shakespeare Online and gave it the highest possible rating,

 

This site has collected links from all over the Internet to help locate information on William Shakespeare. Their objective is to make it a easier to find the sources you need, since there are millions of pages that reference Shakespeare on the Internet.

 

Shakespeare’s Garden (Purdue University)

A list of the flowers mentioned in any of Shakespeare’s plays or sonnets – and where they were mentioned.

 

Contains some good photos of the many different plants mentioned in Shakespeare's plays.

 

Contains much of anything you would ever need to study his plays.

 

A Virtual Tour of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre (Clemson University)

 

William Shakespeare: On-Line Books (The On-Line Books Page, University of Pennsylvania)