Shakespeare Resources

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This is a search engine "designed to provide quick access to passages from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets." Search results can be viewed by topic (such as love or death), work, and character. Includes options to view surrounding text of the passages and citations. The text of the plays is courtesy of Moby Lexical Tools. From the Clusty search software company.
http://shakespeare.clusty.com/

The Plays

Shakespeare in Quarto Treasures in full from the British Library: comparison of the 93 copies of 21 play printed before the theatres were closed in 1942. Side by side comparison of actual text images; background on Shakespeare, his works, his theater; the afterlife -- how the plays have changed in print and in performance.

The Shakespeare Bookshelf, from The Internet Public Libary, includes links to the complete text of the plays and criticism of those works.

The Complete Works of Shakespeare collected by MIT. Plays are presented with the option to view the text of the entire play or by act and scene.

The First Folio and several Quartos from the University of Virgiania

The Enfolded Shakespeare of Hamlet is a way to find alternate spelling. Switch the search options to variant spellings

Hamlet

The full-text complete in one document from MIT

Resources for Study

Princeton's Electric Shakespeare: the Plays. Professor Lawrence Danson's site for the study of Shakespeare contains the searchable text for A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear (Folio and Quarto), Henry IV, Part 1 & 2, Henry V, The Winter's Tale, and Macbeth. Other resources no longer work.
Tools for Teaching Shakespeare and his Contemporaries Includes many sites for teaching of Shakespeare and ideas for use of the internet in teaching Shakespeare.
Folger Shakespeare Library Online site of the library located in Washington, D.C.
The Shakespeare Oxford Society devoted to the debate about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays. This society supports Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604) as the true author.
The Enfolded Text of Hamlet second quarto and first folio
The Illustrated Shakepeare provides access to illustrations inspired by scenes of Shakespeare's plays.

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Shakespeare Resources Search Shakespeare This is a search engine "designed to provide quick access to passages from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets." Search results can be viewed by topic (such as love or death), work, and character. Includes options to view surrounding text of the passages and citations. The text of the plays is courtesy of Moby Lexical Tools. From the Clusty search software company. http://shakespeare.clusty.com/ The Plays Shakespeare in Quarto Treasures in full from the British Library: comparison of the 93 copies of 21 play printed before the theatres were closed in 1942. Side by side comparison of actual text images; background on Shakespeare, his works, his theater; the afterlife -- how the plays have changed in print and in performance. The Shakespeare Bookshelf, from The Internet Public Libary, includes links to the complete text of the plays and criticism of those works. The Complete Works of Shakespeare collected by MIT. Plays are presented with the option to view the text of the entire play or by act and scene. The First Folio and several Quartos from the University of Virgiania The Enfolded Shakespeare of Hamlet is a way to find alternate spelling. Switch the search options to variant spellings Hamlet The full-text complete in one document from MIT Resources for Study Princeton's Electric Shakespeare: the Plays. Professor Lawrence Danson's site for the study of Shakespeare contains the searchable text for A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear (Folio and Quarto), Henry IV, Part 1 & 2, Henry V, The Winter's Tale, and Macbeth. Other resources no longer work. Tools for Teaching Shakespeare and his Contemporaries Includes many sites for teaching of Shakespeare and ideas for use of the internet in teaching Shakespeare. Folger Shakespeare Library Online site of the library located in Washington, D.C. The Shakespeare Oxford Society devoted to the debate about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays. This society supports Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604) as the true author. The Enfolded Text of Hamlet second quarto and first folio The Illustrated Shakepeare provides access to illustrations inspired by scenes of Shakespeare's plays. [top] Search Engines English Page [Art] [English] [History] [Foreign Language] [Mathematics] [Science] [Newspapers/Magazines] Herbst Library Home Page Last update 8 June 2007.