Shakespeare Links on the Internet

Links to other Internet sites about the Bard. There are two separate alphabetical lists: 1) Shakespeare Authorship (or authorship-related) Sites and 2) Mainstream Shakespeare Sites.  Some of these links are also duplicated under the Shakespeare Oxford Library page if they lead directly to bibliographic resources.

Shakespeare Authorship Sites:

• Alan Nelson Home Page : Transcriptions of many of Oxford's surviving letters and memoranda (nearly all to Lord Burghley) and related commentary are now available on this page maintained by Prof. Alan Nelson (of UC/Berkeley). Prof. Nelson, a Stratfordian who is conducting research into the life of Edward de Vere for a planned biography of him, recently stated in a public debate that "even if the Stratford man were proven not to be Shakespeare", he believes he has already eliminated Oxford as a claimant based on analysis of his spelling habits in his known correspondence. Stay tuned.

• Eight Notes on Shakespeare : Gunnar Thompson argues that the Bacon's ciphers were numerological.
   
• Elizabethan Authors: Texts, Resources, and Authorship Studies, a collection of drama, satire, poetry and fiction, with glossaries and notes; a collaborative effort by Robert Brazil & Barboura Flues.

• Elizabethan Review : This site provides information about Gary Goldstein's semi-annual Elizabethan Review and a sampling of recent articles. The peer-reviewed journal focuses on the English Renaissance, and publishes new research on the controversies of the period, from the century-old contention of the Shakespeare authorship to the wars of the Counter-Reformation.

• The Ever Reader : The Shakespeare Oxford Society's online magazine now has its own domain name and is mounted on a server that features full-text searching of all 10 issues (as of 2001). The magazine carries recent articles from the Shakespeare Oxford Newsletter, plus articles from earlier Society newsletters and other authorship publications, plus occasional articles written exclusively for first-time publication on the Net.

• Hackney : The London borough of Hackney's Home Page has a special section for favorite son Edward de Vere, who (they say) just may have been Shakespeare.

• "Is Shakespeare Dead?" : Mark Twain's insightful and hilarious look at the authorship debate. If only he'd lived to see the Oxford theory of the authorship solve the mystery.

• Marlowe Lives! : A site devoted to Christopher Marlowe and theories that he is the true Shakespeare.

• Otley Hall : Otley Hall (in Suffolk, England) was owned by the Gosnold family for 250 years (voyagers to the New World, including Cape Cod in New England in 1602 and Jamestown in 1607). The estate, owned and occupied by poet and philosopher Nicholas Hagger, is now also home to the combined libraries of the De Vere Society and the Shakespeare Fellowship Trust. These libraries' resources will soon be online.

• Oxfordian plays: Two current Society members have their plays on Edward de Vere and the authorship listed on The Dramatic Exchange web site:
  • Deepcover by Richard Kennedy

  • Spear Shaker by Stephanie Caruana

• OxPix : This new site is provided by Robert Brazil. It is intended to provide images of paintings, documents, etc. that figure into the authorship debate but which have been --up to now-- hard to find.

• Shakespeare Authorship Information Centre : A Baconian site that maintains information about all aspects of the authorship debate, and provides an authorship clipping service mailed regularly to all Information Centre subscribers.

• Shakespeare Authorship Page : This is a Stratfordian site that has been created solely to counter Oxfordians in cyberspace. Some responses to their various articles and charges are available in the Spring/Summer 1996 Ever Reader (no. 3) online magazine.
  
  
• Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable : This Los Angeles based organization has been in operation since the mid-1980s, and each year offers a schedule of talks on the authorship debate. The Roundtable does not promote any one candidate for the authorship, and presents a wide variety of talks each year having to do with the authorship mystery. Check their web site for the latest information on scheduled events.

• Shakespeare Authorship SOURCEBOOK : This new site from Oxfordian Mark Alexander is devoted to providing "direct and comprehensive access to evidence and arguments related to the Shakespeare authorship controversy as it applies to Shakspere of Stratford and Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford."

• The Shakespeare Mystery : This site was launched in conjunction with the rebroadcast of The Shakespeare Mystery on PBS' Frontline April 23, 1996. There is some interesting and unique material here, such as the full text of the authorship articles in the Harvard Alumni Magazine in the 1970's (featuring Charlton Ogburn and Harvard professors Harry Levin and G. Blakemore Evans) and the articles by Tom Bethell and Irv Matus from the The Atlantic in 1991.

• Shakespeare: The Authorship Question : this is a site created by Oxfordian Randall Barron which presents his own views and writings on the authorship question.

• Shake-N-Bacon : This is a Baconian site which features some intriguing samples of writings and original documents from the Elizabethan period. Their outline of all the documents mounted on the site can be reached directly at Outline.

• Sir Francis Bacon Meets the Advancement of Learning : As the name implies, a site about Francis Bacon, his life and works, including, of course, Bacon as Shakespeare.

• Who wrote the works? : A new site from Penn Leary that features his research and writings on Baconian ciphers in Shakespeare.

• The Writing Company : Specializes in curriculum ideas, materials and resources for teaching Shakespeare to all grade levels (4th grade through college). Includes a special section on teaching the authorship issue using a Mock Trial format.

Mainstream Shakespeare sites:

• ArdenNet : This is a new site sponsored by the publishers of the Arden Shakespeare. It includes discussion forums and up-to-date lists of new Shakespeare publications among other potentially interesting sections.

• Entrance to theShakespeare Web : Some archives from this site's once active bulletin board remain. Webmaster Prospero promises to be back soon.

• First Folio : Extensive listings of a variety of Shakespeare resources on the Net.

• Folger Shakespeare Library : The site for the world famous library in Washington DC. It is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare printed material in the world, not to mention certain books and documents once owned by Edward de Vere, such as his 1570 Geneva Bible.

• Luminarium : An interesting site listing writers from three eras (Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century) arranged alphabetically by name under each era. Entries include mini-bios and bibliographies, plus links to material on the Net (essays and articles --mostly papers by students mounted on academic servers-- and/or some full or selected text of the writer's works) or other selected material mounted on Luminarium's own server.

• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet : A site that keeps growing daily, devoted to listing all the Net links on Shakespearean text, criticism and education, in addition to links to other Elizabethan and Renaissance resources. A good place to find a lot of information.

• Richard III Society : Shakespeare wrote Tudor propaganda? Well, we can all agree on that.

• Shakespeare Birthplace Trust : The official site of the organization that runs the Shakespeare scene in Stratford. Not to be confused with the "Stratford-upon-Avon Home Page."

• Shakespeare Home Page : Sponsored at MIT, this site has full text of all the plays and sonnets (HTML tagged) and it's searchable. In December 1995 they launched their own bulletin board system. The complete text of Funeral Elegy is also now available on this site.

• Shakespeare Magazine : This is a companion website to this general interest publication on Shakespeare, published jointly by Georgetown University and Cambridge University Press. There are archives of the magazine's articles, a general news section, and links to other Shakespeare sites.
   
• The Shakespeare Society : The Shakespeare Society is a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 and dedicated to increasing the enjoyment, understanding, and appreciation of William Shakespeare's works through performance, commentary, and adult education activities with over 600 members in the Greater Metropolitan New York area.  The Society presents five events annually  that combine illustrative stage performances or film clips with commentary by noted Shakespearean scholars, directors, and actors as well as Shakespeare: Book-in-Hand staged play readings with notable Shakespearean actors.

• Shakespeare on Film : The best resource for the Net's most complete listing of film versions of Shakespeare plays (or film productions based on Shakespeare plays) is located at the Internet Movie Database. Did you know that the earliest film version of Hamlet was 1900, in France, with Sarah Bernhardt playing Hamlet?

• Stratford-upon-Avon : The Home Page for the home of the traditional Bard. Lots of basic information, such as the bibliographies under the "History, Times and School" section, plus numerous listings of local sights, accommodations, schedules, etc.

• Yahoo Shakespeare Index : The number one subject catalog of web sites on the Net. Yahoo is often a good starting point to find interesting (and good) sites quickly since all sites are reviewed before being listed.