Shakespeare & Elizabethan England

February 20, 2005

 

Why Study Shakespeare

AS (advanced Standard) GURU – Biography and Historical Context

 

Theses web sites have a bit of everything:

(life and times, food, fashion, myths, architecture, biography, works etc.)

BBC: In Search of Shakespeare

Elizabethan England - Springfield School District

Life in Elizabethan England

Historic Figures: Shakespeare (BBC)   

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust

Shakespeare's Life and Times

Shakespeare Online (includes plots, biography, timeline, quotations)

Shakespeare Resource Center

 

These web sites are focused on a specific topic:

Architecture of the Elizabethan Era

Architecture & Costumes of Elizabethan England Lithographs

Costuming of the Elizabethan Era

Crime and the law

Educating Shakespeare

Elizabeth the First, Britannia Encycl.

Elizabeth the first, Bartleby Encycl.

History of the monarchy

Literature Network – biography and writings

Royal Shakespeare Theatre Plays, digitized images, play guides, theatre skills

Science and Magic of the Elizabethan Period

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

Shakespeare Photographs

Stratford-on-Avon - Shakespeare’s birthplace

 

Shakespeare’s Works and Criticism

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s works and timeline

Shakespeare’s poetry

Shakespeare’s poetry

 

Authorship

Did the Earl of Oxford write the Shakespeare works

 

 

 

 

Shakespeare isn’t the only great writer.