Links and Resources
Shakespeare Links For Research
Renaissance:
The Elizabethan World
This is a wonderful site with other great links.
Mr.
William Shakespeare and the Internet
Contains historical, biographical and literary background information.
The Centre for Reformation & Renaissance
Studies
The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies (CRRS)
is a research centre devoted to studying the period from approximately
1350 to 1700.
Shakespeare Links For First Folio and Quarto Texts
University
of Virginia
This site provides modern typeface scripts; however, I have
found that you must still proofread against the Folio.
University
of Pennsylvania, Furness Library
This site allows comparisons of Folio Pages.
For more information about modern type-faced, proofread scripts, contact April Feld Sandor at 215.882.2600 or april@simplyshakespeare.com.
Hard Copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio and Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Freeman, Neil, and Paul Sugarman. The Applause First Folio of Shakespeare in Modern Type. New York: Applause, 2001.
Booth, Stephen. Shakespeare’s Sonnets. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1977.
Other Recommended Reading for the Shakespeare Actor
Onions, C.T., Eagleson, Robert D. A Shakespeare Glossary. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1986
Berry, Cicely. The Actor and His Text. New York: Scribner, 1987.
Linklater, Kristin. Freeing the Natural Voice. New York: Drama Book Specialists, 1976.
Rodenburg, Patsy. The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer. London: Methuen Drama, 1998.
Rodenburg, Patsy. Speaking Shakespeare. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
Recent Noteworty Research
Grote, David. The Best Actors in the World: Shakespeare and His Acting Company. Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies, no. 97. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2002.
Palfrey, Simon, and Tiffany Stern. Shakespeare in Parts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Stern, Tiffany. Making Shakespeare: From Stage to Page. Accents on Shakespeare. London: Routledge, 2004.
Other Recommended Theatre Links for Professional Training Support
Elizabeth Browning Studio (NY)
Modern Acting Techniques
Mary McCann (PA)
Certified Alexander Teacher
Rossello Solutions
Web design, graphic design, copywriting and photography.