ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND & WORLD OF SHAKESPEARE

ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND & WORLD OF SHAKESPEARE
An Internet Hotlist on ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND & SHAKESPEARE

created by Marilyn Abramowitz
Mineola High School Library

Introduction
Check out the library's print resources and online databases. Consult the links below for additional information. *New links may be added to this site, so check back often.

The Internet Resources

Megasites on His Life,Times, Wife, Stratford & more

*Shakespeare's Life & Times - His life, the stage, Elizabethan society, history & politics, criticism of works & more
Absolute Shakespeare -
Anne Hathaway - info on Shakespeare's wife
Discover Shakespeare - Folter Shakespeare Library
Electronic Shakespeare - Resources for researchers
Illuminating William Shakespeare - Excerpts from 'Shakespeare: A Life' by Park Honan
Life & Times of William Shakespeare - Timeline, biography & works
Mr. William Shakespeare & the Internet - His life & times,works,theatre,criticism,Renaissance,& more
Shake Sphere - A Comprehensive Study Guide for the World of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Online - Lots of good info
Shakespeare Resource Center - The man,his works,play synopses,the Globe,Elizabethan Eng,authorship debate & more
Shakespeare Searched - a search engine designed to provide quick access to passages from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets
ShakespeareNet - Explanations of main characters, Act summaries, historical info, etc.
Shmoop Shakespeare Guide -
Stratford-Upon-Avon: 1196-1996 - History of the town
Surfing With the Bard - Shakespeare Classroom Resource Ctr - His life, works, & much more (especially for students)
The Background of Ideas - some of the debates and ideas that Shakespeare & his contemporaries read & discussed
The Seven Ages of Shakespeare's Life -
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - About Shakespeare, his homes & more
Wm Shakespeare: His Life in Context - Biograhy & places associated with him, family & others

Elizabeth I/Elizabethan England & Plague

The English Alehouse 1200-1830 -
*Life in Elizabethan England (Compendium) - Info on: education,fashion,children,money,masters&servants, occupations,food & more
*Renaissance: The Elizabethan World -
Childhood in Elizabethan England -
Contesting Cultural Norms: Education of Women -
Crime and the Law -
Currency Values In Elizabethan England -
Educating Shakespeare - School Life in Elizabethan England -
Elizabeth I - Tudor History site
Elizabethan Costume: History & Technique -
Elizabethan England - Info on: historical figures & events, everyday life, art & architecture, Shakespeare & his Theatre, etc.
Elizabethan Food & Dining -
Elizabethan Life - Info on: nobility, house design & interiors, meals, literature & recreation, etc.
Elizabethan Period Costumes -
Elizabethan Sports -
Food inTudor England -
Hairstyles of the Elizabethan Period -
Historic Royal Profiles: Elizabeth I -
Huswifery - a housewife's duties et al
Medieval England: Daily Life in Towns -
Medieval and Renaissance Food -
Men's Fashion During the Elizabethan Period -
Outlaws and Highwaymen - The history of the Highwaymen and their predecessors, the Medieval Outlaws
Peasant Life in Elizabethan England -
Plague -
Queen Elizabeth I of England -
The Black Death -
The Black Death, 1348 -
The Black Death: Bubonic Plague -
The Education of Girls -
The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony, from The Book of Common Prayer -
The Life & Times of Queen Elizabeth I - Click on 'Contents' for info on: Eliz I, the Church, women, power & gov't, Europe, who was who & more
The Plague -
Tudor Dress - a portfolio of images
Wm Marshall: Draft of a Poor Law (1536) - Gov't attitude toward the 'Poor'
Women's Fashions of the Elizabethan Period -

Globe Theatre/Actors & Writers/Related info

Cambridge History of Eng & Amer Lit: Marlowe & Kyd(chap VII), Lesser Elizabethan dramatists (chap XIII) - Writers: forerunners & contemporaries of Shakespeare
Elizabethan Theatre - From the reign of Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth
Globe Theatre -
Shakespeare & His Theatre -
Shakespeare in the Theater - Devoted to records of the performance of Shakespeare - both historical & modern productions
Shakespeare's Globe -
Shakespeare's Globe & performances -
Shakespeare's Globe Online -
Shakespeare's Stage - Info on: staging, costumes, actors & acting (incl. Lord Chamberlain's Men), the audiences & more
Shakespeare: Performance - Plays, films, actors, history, etc.
Shakey's Place: The 3D Globe - Theater research & collaboration site
The Elizabethan Theatre - A lecture by Hilda D. Spear

Works,Criticism,Guides & more

A Note on Shakespeare's Sonnets -
Complete Works of Shakespeare -
STUDYING HAMLET - Hotlist of links to info & criticism of the play
STUDYING MACBETH -
STUDYING OTHELLO - hotlist
Shakespeare & His Critics - Documents on Ophelia, Hamlet, Shylock, performance & other writers
Shakespeare Bookshelf -
Shakespeare Illustrated - Explores 19th century paintings, criticism & productions of Shakespeare's plays, & their influences on one another
Shakespeare Theme Page -
Shakespeare in Europe -
Shakespeare's Life & Plays, Poems... - Life & Plays (chap VIII), Poems (chap IX), Info on Text (chap XI), His impact on Europe (chap XII)
Shakespeare's Monologues -
Shakespeare's Plays & Poems in Audio and Video -
Shakespeare's Sources in the Histories - Re: his historical plays
Shakespeare's Unruly Women - About his heroines and other female characters
Shakespeare; or, The Poet -
Surfing With the Bard - His Plays -
Wm Shakespeare's Plays & Poems in Audio & Video -

Authorship Debate

An Authorship Analysis: Francis Bacon as Shakespeare -
Shakespeare Authorship Pages -
Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable -
Shakespeare Authorship Sourcebook -
Shakespeare Oxford Society -
The Man Who Knew Shakespeare -
The Secret of the Shapespearean Plays - Theories on interpretations & authorship
The Shakespeare Library -
The Shakespeare Mystery - PBS program
The Shakespeare-Bacon Essays - New theories on authorship & interpretations

Renaissance Links & Shakespeare Films

16th Century Renaissance English Literature: Background Info - (Mute or lower the music)
A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments -
Medieval/Renaissance Food -
Renaissance Art, Artists, and Society -
Renaissance Connection -
Shakespeare Films -
The Renaissance: the Context and Codes -

Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mnora68@yahoo.com
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Last revised Sat Jan 7 15:18:36 US/Pacific 2012