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Shakespeare

Reference

There are many, many reference sources for all aspects of Shakespeare study -- biographical, theatrical, criticism, textual analysis, etc. Here is short sample:

Biblical References in Shakespeare's Plays. Main Ref PR 3012 S53 1999. 

Cambridge Companions Online.   Many are also available in print, below.

The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare and contemporary dramatists.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy.  2002. Also on the shelf: Main Lib PR2981 .C36 2002

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film.

The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare on stage

The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare's last plays

The Cambridge companion to Shakespearean tragedy

A Complete and Systematic Concordance to the Works of Shakespeare. Main Ref PR 2892 S6 1970. Six volumes.

A Dictionary of Shakespeare Oxford, 2005.

New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare.

The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare.  2001. Also on the shelf: Main Lib PR2892 .O94 2001

Shakespearean Characterization: A Guide for Students and Actors.  2002. Also on the shelf Main Lib PR3091 .O44 2002

Shakespeare: from Stage to Screen. Cambridge, 2004.  Also on the shelf: Main Lib PR3093 .H37 2004

 Shakespeare after Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture.Main Ref PR 2880 S48 2007.

Complete Works

The new Oxford Shakespeare : the complete works / general editors, Gary Taylor, John Jowett, Terri Bourus, Gabriel Egan.   Also in print on the shelf:  PR2755 .T29 2016

Criticism

There is no end, it seems, to Shakespeare criticism. You will want to search for books and journal articles-- please refer to the Books and Journal Articles section.  In both cases, you can do a keyword search, for example, for Shakespeare and Hamlet  or  Shakespeare and Women.   Or do a subject search of Shakespeare and browse the subject headings or other phrases to narrow down your search.

 

Streaming Video   

BBC Shakespeare Plays.  37 Shakespeare plays produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985.

Films on Demand: Shakeperean Drama. (Choose "Collections", "English Language and Arts".)  Shakespeare plays filmed as part of the Live from Shakespeare's Globe series and documentaries about Shakesperean drama.

Globe on Screen.  Features Shakespeare’s Globe stage productions. Recorded live on the Globe stage in high definition and surround sound.

 

Web Sites

 

Complete Works of William Shakepeare

Open Source Shakespeare: An Experiment in Literary Technology