Theatre
Stream Shakespeare
Stream productions, find commentary, and more through these library databses.
- Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new window
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window
- Shakespeare Audio on ProQuest One LiteratureListen to fully dramatized unabridged recordings of all of Shakespeare's 38 plays.
Get a Very Short Introduction
William Shakespeare: a Very Short Introduction
Get a Very Short Introduction to the life and writings of the world's greatest and best-known dramatists: William Shakespeare from Oxford University Press's peer-reviewed book series.
Shakespeare's Comedies: a Very Short Introduction
Get a Very Short Introduction to Shakespeare's 18 plays that can be called 'comedies' from the Oxford University Press's peer-reviewed book series.
Shakespeare's Tragedies: a Very Short Introduction
Get a Very Short Introduction to Shakespeare's tragedies from the Oxford University Press's peer-reviewed book series.
Consult Lexicons & Language eBooks
Shakespeare-Lexicon
Search Shakespeare's entire vocabulary and word usage in an A-Z format.
Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words
Learn how to pronounce unfamiliar words found in the plays.
The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare
See Chapter 13: Language.
The Student's Guide to Shakespeare
Consult the fourth section on language for each play covered.
Dictionary of Shakespeare
A comprehensive dictionary that covers the plays, poems, characters and background to Shakespeare's works. The dictionary also includes terms used in the theatre and stagecraft, as well as historical references and details on the Elizabethan historical and social period.
Useful William Shakespeare
Search within this title or browse chapters. See the Chapter Shakespeare and the English Language, and also the Glossary of Terms.
Consult Lexicons & Shakespearean Language Online
- Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new windowSearch for these videos or try the entire series:
1) Spotlight On: Shakespeare's Language
2) Spotlight On: Shakespeare's Words
- Royal Shakespeare Company - Shakespeare's LanguageListen to an 18-minute podcast episode or exploare several articles.
Browse Performing Shakespeare eBooks
Freeing Shakespeare's Voice
Understand and speak the words of William Shakespeare.
Mastering Shakespeare
Get an American take on acting Shakespeare in the form of a play in which actors confront and overcome the challenges of acting Shakespeare. Meta!
Shakespeare in Performance
Explore Shakespeare and performance from traditional studies of theatrical history and adaptation to explorations of Shakespeare's plays in the circus, musical extravaganzas, the cinema, and drama at large.
Discover Shakespeare in Performance Online
- Digital Theatre+ This link opens in a new windowSearch: Shakespeare
Limit by COURSES = Actor & Actor Training OR Improvisation OR Contemporary Performance
ALTERNATE SEARCH: Key Concepts in Shakespeare - Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowSearch: Shakespeare
See especially the videos:
1) Acting in Shakespeare
2) Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare
3) Bertolt Brecht: Practice Pieces for Shakespeare
4) Performing Shakespeare: Techniques for Personalizing
5) Shakespeare Lecture Series (several videos)
- Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare in PerformanceExplore 400 years of staging Shakespeare's plays on one of the world's foremost Shakespeare archives.
- British Council - How have performances of Shakespeare changed over time?Read an article from the UK's international organization for cultural relations and education.
Use Library Search Tools
Craft advanced searches using strategies such as the "3 Magic Words" and nesting.
Example 1 : Shakespeare and performing
Example 2: Shakespeare and (performing or acting)
Consider reading criticism of different actor's performances, too.
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
- Literary Reference Center This link opens in a new window
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences I & V This link opens in a new window
Best Bets on the Web
- JSTOR Understanding Series: ShakespearePick a text and pick a passage. Instantly see articles and chapters quoting that passage.
- Shakespeare's WordsSearch or explore. Try the Glossary or Thesaurus.