Renaissance

~ Literature and Theatre ~

Voice of the Shuttle's links and resources on Renaissance genres, poets, dramatists, and writers.

Elizabethan Sonneteers Found at Sonnet Central, an archive of English sonnets, commentary, and relevant web links and a forum for poets to share and discuss their own work. Sonnets are grouped by historical-literary period

The Elizabethan Theatre (a lecture by Pofessor Hilda D. Spear) This site includes a slide show.

Shakespeare's Globe Online Stratford Festival (Ontario Canada)

~The Bard ~

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet A wide selection of resources and links.

The Shakespeare Resource Center You'll find here collected links from all over the World Wide Web to help you find information of all sorts on William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare's Life and Times Includes Renaissance drama, politics,and society.

William Shakespeare Quotes and Quotations Many expressions that we use every day originated in Shakespeare's plays. We use the Bard's words in everyday speech, 'borrowing' sayings from his work without knowing their origin! Shakespeare is attributed with writing 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 5 other poems and used about 21,000 different words. He is credited by the Oxford English Dictionary with the introduction of nearly 3,000 words into the language.

Shakespearean Insults Generator This Random Generator of Shakespearean Insults combines Shakespearean words and insults with a click of the icon.

Frontline's "The Shakespeare Mystery" Who was that mysterious dramatist and poet ? A PBS documentary resource page.

The Britanica Presents Shakespeare & His World

The Bard's Plays Online