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New Oxford Shakespeare
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Read all of Shakespeare's plays and poems in the original and modern spellings, accompanied by on-page notes.
Understanding Shakespeare
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Read Shakespeare’s plays and the scholarship written about them—line by line.
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
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Electronic copies of the full text of every work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
Globe on Screen
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Watch performances at Shakespeare's Globe.
Commentaries and criticism
Cambridge Core - Journals and Books Online
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Search for the Companion series, Shakespeare Survey, book chapters, and journal articles.
ProQuest Performing Arts Periodicals
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Find articles published in Shakespeare Quarterly and other theatre studies journals and magazines.
Internet Shakespeare Editions
Open-access, peer-reviewed Shakespeare resources.
Further readings
Oxford Reference Online
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Look up entries on Shakespeare's plays and the major characters, on his life and contemporaries, and on actors, theatres and directors.
Shakespeare Documented
Access materials documenting the life of Shakespeare, including all known manuscript and print references to Shakespeare, his works, and to his family.
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