Shakespeare Resources
Books on Shakespeare
Ben Crystal - Springboard Shakespeare
Bill Bryson - Shakespeare
Emma Smith - This is Shakespeare: How to Read the World's Greatest Playwright
James Shapiro - 1599 A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
James Shapiro - 1606 William Shakespeare and The Year of Lear
Useful Web Links
RSC Shakespeare Learning Zone - Students
Information about characters, plot, language and staging of scenes for a range of different Shakespeare plays. Pitched at three different levels of accessibility: information for students new to the play, more detailed information and more of an in depth study.
Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust
BBC GCSE Shakespeare
BBC Teach Shakespeare's Themes
BBC Teach Shakespeare's Life and Legacy
Internet Shakespeare's Editions
SparkNotes - Study guides and 'No Fear' modern translation of each play.
Folger Shakespeare Library
BBC Shakespeare Archive
Globe Theatre Resources
https://globeplayer.tv/
https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/m/index.html
https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/
https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/learn/teaching-resources/
http://www.playingshakespeare.org/
Shakespeare's Globe 360 App
Shakespeare Podcasts
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/approaching-shakespeare
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/not-shakespeare-elizabethan-and-jacobean-popular-theatre
General Shakespeare Clips for Study
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03pqmfg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00787k7/clips
Ben Crystal - Various Videos on Shakespeare
e.g Shakespeare Original Pronunciation (OU course)
What's iambic pentameter?
British Council Seminar
Useful 'Romeo and Juliet' Clips
RSC Live Schools' Broadcasts