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English: Macbeth Glog

Databases

Encyclopædia Britannica (Britannica)
General background information.

Websites

Academy of American Poets - Shakespeare page.

Bardweb: Shakespeare Resource Center - Provides some background and links to many other sources.

Encyclopaedia Britannica's Guide to Shakespeare - overview of Shakespeare's life and times, Elizabethan theatre, and the possible source of Othello, biographical sketches of noted Shakespearean actors, and noted treatments in film, stage, and opera.

Folger Library - see a background to Macbeth, read a short biography of his life, a guide to the life of Elizabeth I, a study guide to Macbeth that includes information on the historical elements of the play.

Internet Shakespeare Editions (The Life and Times of Shakespeare).

In Search of Shakespeare - see this companion page to the PBS series for information on: a Shakespeare timeline which illustrates events in his life and times, Shakespeare's England and other locations.

Kennedy Center Video Clips
Directions: Launch Site, Enter Now, and view video clips in lower right. (The Birth and Schooling of Shakespeare, The Globe Theater, or Shakespeare’s Early Years in London).

Royal Shakespeare Company - links to information about performance history (theater going in Shakespeare's time), Shakespeare's life and times, and Shakespeare's language.