The British Library has a lot of resources, articles, blog posts, and research on Shakespeare, his life, his works, Renaissance theater, Elizabethan England, and more. Easily searchable and very informative.
This organization is devoted to Shakespeare. This site includes a large collection of materials about Shakespeare that are open to the public. It includes podcasts, a Shakespedia, and a Museum From Home.
This website provides information about life during the Elizabethan period in addition to providing over 100 links to other sources about the Renaissance, Tudors, and Elizabethan period.
This site is an Elizabethan Encyclopedia. It includes information about life, historical figures, politics, history, and more about the Elizabethan Era.
Read and search through all of Shakespeare's works. Additionally, learn about Shakespeare, his language, the theater, the time-period he lived during, and the historical periods he wrote about.
Royal Shakespeare Company wants to help you read and understand Shakespeare's plays. This site has different levels of resources to help students at various levels study Shakespeare. There are videos, quizzes, analysis, and more to help students comprehend, visualize, and love studying Shakespeare.
This link takes you to William Shakespeare's Poetry Foundation page where you can find out more about him and browse and read all of his poems, including speeches and songs from his plays.
This resource has been compiled by a librarian at Canada College to help students read, understand, and appreciate Shakespeare. It provides an overview about Shakespeare's life, the Globe Theatre, Shakespeare's theatre company, the time-period he lived during, and more, with links to even more resources.
Completely searchable database that contains all of Shakespeare's work. You can search characters, view the site's index, and search through one or all of Shakespeare's works to find what you are looking for. Unsure how to spell something? No problem, this site allows you to search phonetically.
A professor from Winthrop College in South Carolina presents an overview of Shakespeare's theater, how plays were staged, who performed in them, and more.
This resource, listed as a top site by kids.gov, provides notes and word definitions to help you understand what you are reading. It also includes information to help you understand Shakespeare's works.
Reconstructed only a short distance from its original site, the Globe Theatre is an acclaimed theater and educational center with blogs, podcasts, and videos about Renaissance theater, Shakespeare and his works.
Believe is or not, Shakespeare's plays are actually written in Modern English, BUT it was an early version of Modern English that is different from what we speak today. SparkNotes helps students understand Shakespeare's works by providing modern translations side-by-side with the original text. Do not fear William Shakespeare!
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