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FREE RESOURCES

These free online glossaries, plot synopses and short biography of Shakespeare are the first of many free teaching resources for you to download and print for your students. The illustrated glossaries feature straightforward definitions and clarifications of Shakespeare's words. We have also noted where the language relates to the play in performance and have included some interesting facts behind some of the words and phrases that Shakespeare used to get the more advanced Shakespeare scholars thinking.

You can book a Manga Shakespeare workshop or interactive lecture on the set sections, but availability is limited.

Resource pack #1 for use on Interactive Whiteboards

Contains manga character images for Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, Julius Caesar, The Tempest for use in classroom teaching SelfMadeHero Website

SelfMadeHero has teamed up with Promethean, a global leader in interactive classroom solutions whose products are revolutionizing the way people learn around the world. Distributed through a network of partners, Promethean products inspire over 10 million children in more than 80 countries.

Promethean has collaborated on the creation of new interactive digital teaching resources, which will work on any brand of interactive whiteboard to help you teach Shakespeare through manga in your English classes.

We're pleased to announce that that the following resources will be featured on the Promethean website, www.prometheanplanet.com, from August. Promethean Planet is the largest online community of teachers using whiteboards.

Over 150,000 teachers use this website to download hundreds of free lesson resources, exchange ideas in the forum and get inspiration for interactive teaching in their classrooms. Watch this website www.prometheanplanet.com/mangashakespeare for details of our forthcoming Manga Shakespeare competition and download your free guide to using Manga in the classroom, along with our exclusive digital resource packs for your interactive whiteboard.

www.mangashakespeare.ning.com

Manga Shakespeare has its very own social network that pupils can visit to read ongoing production blogs from SelfMadeHero's manga artists. This invaluable and continually building resource features:
* Preparatory sketches and artist's comments about the adaptation process
* Video and images connected with the series and Shakespeare
* Updates on the Manga Shakespeare cosplay competition
* Exclusive sneak peeks of new titles in the series
* Production blogs

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These free online glossaries, plot synopses and short biography of Shakespeare are the first of many free teaching resources for you to download and print for your students. The illustrated glossaries feature straightforward definitions and clarifications of Shakespeare's words.

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William Shakespeare Shakespeare is renowned as the English playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in history of English literature.

Shakespeare PlaysAll the plays from 'All's Well That Ends Well' to 'Twelfth Night' in the complete original texts with summaries. Divided into comedies, histories and tragedies.

Sonnets All of the Bard's 154 sonnets including the much acclaimed sonnet 18: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day..."

Pictures Engraving of paintings of William Shakespeare and those inspired by his famous plays. Indexed by play and accompanied by the text inspiring the painting.

Bard Facts Trivia about the world's most famous bard from words coined by the bard to his marriage.

BiographyEverything you would ever want to know about the immortal Bard's life and more.

Authorship Debate The controversial debate on who really wrote the complete works continues to rages unabated to this very day.

Quiz Test your knowledge of the bard by taking our gruelling quiz, answers included.

Summaries Shakespeare summaries provide a quick and easy guide to Shakespeare's most famous plays. Divided by act, the summaries make an ideal introduction.

Poems The complete collection of the Bard's poetry in the original text including A lover's complaint and Venus and Adonis.

Quotes Over 130 of the most famous quotes from the Bard's complete works indexed by play.

Globe Theatre The story of how the Bard created one of the greatest theatres of all time, the playhouse is also where he first performed many of his greatest plays.

Films The ultimate list of all film adaptations of the complete works, there are well over 250 movies to date.

Bibliography The complete list of the plays, poems and sonnets attributed as written by the Bard.

Timeline Describes the many chapters in the immortal Bard's colorful life from birth, his disappearance, marriage, his death and ending in the printing of the First Folio in 1623.

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Absolute Shakespeare - plays, quotes, summaries, essays...

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William Shakespeare Shakespeare is renowned as the English playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in history of English literature. Shakespeare Plays All the plays from 'All's Well That Ends Well' to 'Twelfth Night' in the complete original texts with summaries. Divided into comedies, histories and tragedies.

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46. Why Shakespeare used the iambic pentameter

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46. Why Shakespeare used the iambic pentameter

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Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter - David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor

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William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52 (Published 2016)

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On this date — April 23, 1616 — the creator of “Hamlet,” “Macbeth” and “Romeo and Juliet” left the beauty of this world. To us, he bequeathed his tragedies and comedies, his sonnets and verse, which would survive 400 years.

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william shakespeare quiz: how well do you know the bard? - cnn

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A quiz! My kingdom for a Shakespeare quiz

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Think you know a bit about the Bard? Find out if you're a wise scholar or a motley fool when it comes to all things Shakespearean ...

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Henry 4 School : Apprentissage et Education

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What's So Great About Shakespeare, Anyway?

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Shakespeare's Language  Archaic Usage and Poetry

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A Midsummer Night's Dream :|: Open Source Shakespeare

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The Merry Wives of Windsor :|: Open Source Shakespeare

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Open Source Shakespeare: search Shakespeare's works, read the texts :|: Open Source Shakespeare

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Welcome to Open Source Shakespeare (OSS). Since it debuted in 2003, OSS has become one of the most popular Shakespeare sites on the Internet. It is used regularly by scholars, educators, and Shakespeare lovers around the world.

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33. Shakespeare presentation by Suzanne, Emma & Matilda

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33. Shakespeare presentation by Suzanne, Emma & Matilda

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Elizabethan Era Edmund Spenser "The Faerie Queene" Poet epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. SHAKESPEARE Ben Jonson Christopher Marlowe Biography "Bartholomew Fayre" "Every man in his Humour" Shakespeare's works "Volpone, or The Foxe"

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A concordance helps us find the words surrounding a word or phrase that you are looking for.  This open source concordance allows you to enter a word and find all uses of that word in Shakespeare’s works. (shared in the Coursera MOOC: Shakespeare in Community)

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Choose a letter to the left to see all the word forms beginning with that letter. The numbers next to the letters indicate how many word forms begin with that letter.

Do you have to look through hundreds of words to find the word form you're seeking? Of course not! The OSS management values your time. Enter the exact word form you want in the box above to search for it.

What is a word form? A word like "play" can take several forms, like plays, playing, and played. Each word form is listed in the database, along with the number of times the word form occurs in the text collection.

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Concordance of Shakespeare's complete works

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Choose a letter to the left to see all the word forms beginning with that letter. The numbers next to the letters indicate how many word forms begin with that letter. Do you have to look through hundreds of words to find the word form you're seeking? Of course not!

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Shared in the Coursera MOOC; Shakespeare in Community.

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Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter - David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor

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Shakespeare sometimes gets a bad rap in high schools for his complex plots and antiquated language. But a quick peek into the rhythm of his words reveals a poet deeply rooted in the way people spoke in his time — and still speak today. Why do Shakespeare’s words have such staying power? David T.…

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Shakespeare: The Intersection of Art & Life Timeline | PBS Shakespeare Uncovered

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See the history, comedy & tragedy of William Shakespeare in an interactive video experience.

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Visit this site dedicated to the playwright William Shakespeare and his famous works. William Shakespeare plays like Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and the Tempest. William Shakespeare's Sonnets and Pictures are featured as well as his poems and biography.

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Our aim is to inspire a love of Shakespeare's works by delivering open-access, peer-reviewed Shakespeare resources with the highest standards of scholarship, design, and usability. Since 1996, the ISE website has been an innovator in providing academic resources for the online digital medium.

Our Reading Rooms

As you explore our website you will find yourself in one of our four Reading Rooms.

Introduces you to our mission, our history, and the teams that create the editions.

The Library
Contains all works on the site that are peer-reviewed to ensure high quality scholarship.

The Theater
Showcases and reviews the wide variety of Shakespeare performances on stage and film.

Provides access to scholarly materials not yet peer reviewed and items of general interest.

All materials on the site are freely available to everyone. You can however, as a Friend of the ISE. Friends can view a print-ready version of each page, access a pop-up window that provides a formatted citation for each page, and take notes on any page and save them for future use.

Become a Friend of the ISE.

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Our aim is to inspire a love of Shakespeare's works by delivering open-access, peer-reviewed Shakespeare resources with the highest standards of scholarship, design, and usability. Since 1996, the ISE website has been an innovator in providing academic resources for the online digital medium.

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Enter the Access ID and Passcode provided by your institution to access Britannica Academic.

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Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance . Home | PBS

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The goal of the Renaissance Faire Homepage is to contain a wealth of material for renfaire workers and customers alike. Covering the topics of BFA (basic faire accent) and pronunciation, costuming, acting, and basic history from the Tudor period through the end of the Elizabethan, this site provides a touch of everything for the reinactor or renaissance fair enthusiast.

Material Herein Copyright by Renfaire.com and second parties. Duplication for resale or profit strictly prohibited. Contact us regarding educational uses. The Author and Renfaire.com accept no liability for duels caused by poor pronunciation.

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The age of Shakespeare was a great time in English history. The reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) saw England emerge as the leading naval and commercial power of the Western world. England consolidated its position with the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, and Elizabeth firmly established the Church of England begun by her father, King Henry VIII (following Henry's dispute with the Pope over having his first marriage annulled).

Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the world and became the most celebrated English sea captain of his generation. Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh sent colonists eastward in search of profit. European wars brought an influx of continental refugees into England, exposing the Englishman to new cultures. In trade, might, and art, England established an envious preeminence.

At this time, London was the heart of England, reflecting all the vibrant qualities of the Elizabethan Age. This atmosphere made London a leading center of culture as well as commerce. Its dramatists and poets were among the leading literary artists of the day. In this heady environment, Shakespeare lived and wrote.

London in the 16th century underwent a transformation. Its population grew 400% during the 1500s, swelling to nearly 200,000 people in the city proper and outlying region by the time an immigrant from Stratford came to town. A rising merchant middle class carved out a productive livelihood, and the economy boomed.

In the 1580s, the writings of the University Wits (Marlowe, Greene, Lyly, Kyd, and Peele) defined the London theatre. Though grounded in medieval and Jacobean roots, these men produced new dramas and comedies using Marlowe's styling of blank verse. Shakespeare outdid them all; he combined the best traits of Elizabethan drama with classical sources, enriching the admixture with his imagination and wit.

Shakespeare's Peers: English Renaissance Playwrights

Shakespeare was hardly the only working playwright in London back in the day. Here's a quick guide to his competition.

A Very Shakespeare Christmas

It's another holiday season of eating, gift-giving, and festivity. But how would Shakespeare and everyone else in England have celebrated Christmas back in the day?

British History Online

Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust.

Description Of Elizabethan England, 1577

The Modern History Sourcebook presents William Harrison's contribution to Holinshed's Chronicles. Arguably one of the best contemporary accounts of life in Elizabethan England.

Elizabeth I: An Overview

The BBC presents a very good history of Elizabeth I as part of their online "Church and State" series.

Elizabeth I and Elizabethan life in England

An article on architecture, literature, and daily life in Elizabethan England. From the Britain Express site.

Elizabethan Era History

From the website of North Carolina's longest-running outdoor drama, The Lost Colony. Includes background information on the historical figures, food, government, and family life during Elizabeth's reign.

The Elizabethan's Hornbook

The Web version of Walter Nelson's fine handbook, this is a basic primer on the historical background that a participant in an Elizabethan Renaissance Faire should know or have at hand.

The Elizabethan People

The Web version of the 1910 book by Henry Thew Stephenson, available through Wikisource.

Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge:1558-1603

This is just an incredible site by Maggie Secara and Paula Kate Marmor. More information than you could wish for about everyday life in Shakespeare's time.

The Royal Encyclopædia: Elizabeth I

From the official Web site of the British monarchy. This is an excellently presented resource on the kings and queens of Britain, Scotland, and the UK from the original Anglo-Saxon kings to present day.

Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature: Background Information

Links to background information sources for studies in Renaissance English literature. Includes a lot of historical sites.

St. Ives Historical Society

This nonprofit California association has a number of good essays on Elizabethan life.

Tudor England

A fine site by Lara E. Eakins that comprehensively covers every conceivable historical aspect of Tudor/Elizabethan England.

United Kingdom National Archives

The official archive of the UK government. The National Archive's vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of today's information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone.

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The age of Shakespeare was a great time in English history. The reign of Elizabeth (1558 - 1603) saw England emerge as the leading naval and commercial power of the Western world. Elizabeth I's England consolidated its position with the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, and firmly established the Church of England (begun by her father, Henry VIII, after a dispute with the Pope).

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Sites to See: William Shakespeare | Education World

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If you’re looking for ways to incorporate classical drama into your spring classroom and remember ‘the Bard’ on the day of his birth, April 23, you’re in luck. These sites are among the best on the Web for integrating Shakespeare into your curriculum.

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The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare: 38 Fully-Dramatized Plays -new links

by William Shakespeare
Produced by Tom Treadwell and Bill Shepherd of Arkangel Productions
Directed by Clive Brill
Features Full Cast Performances
Music composed by Dominique Le Gendre

The Complete Shakespeare for the 21st Century . This release is of major importance: for the first time all of Shakespeare's plays are available on CD in a single set, produced by a single creative team with an extraordinary cast, with the utmost attention to detail to guarantee a listening experience that's accessible and enjoyable.

Arkangel Productions brings together the best of academic and entertainment industry expertise. Tom Treadwell, a university professor who specialized in Elizabethan drama, and Bill Shepherd from the world of film and TV production, worked with Clive Brill, a former BBC director/producer, to make their vision a reality. Their goal was, simply, to produce Shakespeare for the 21st Century , the definitive, ultimate audio Shakespeare. This is it - they have achieved their goal.

The creative team designed a sophisticated layering of sound and music to provide a complete audio environment. Music was composed by Dominique Le Gendre, whose award-winning talents matched the art of the performers. All the plays were recorded at one of London?s leading studios. The Sound House.

"A rhapsody of words, assembled for the ear. This venture marries scholarship and accessibility on an unmatched scale. The real strength lies in the astonishing intimacy offered by a sound recording." -- The New York Times

The Cast: Performed by a distinguished cast of nearly 400 actors, including Eileen Atkins, Jennifer Ehle, Joseph Fiennes, Sir Adrian Lester, John Gielgud, Alan Howard, Jane Lapotaire, Amanda Root, David Tennant, Sophie Thompson, Samuel West, Timothy West and Ciaran Hinds. Key Roles: Hamlet - Simon Russell Beale; Romeo - Joseph Fiennes; Juliet - Maria Miles; Julius Caesar - Michael Feast; Mark Antony - Adrian Lester; Macbeth - Hugh Ross; King Lear - Trevor Pea~censored~; Antony - Ciaran Hinds; Cleopatra - Estelle Kohler; Propsero - Bob Peck; Bottom - Roy Hudd; Rosalind - Niamh Cusack; Gower in Pericles - Sir John Gielgud. Most of the actors have trained with The Royal Shakespeare Company.

Total size: 2,65 Gb (in 38 files, each file's size is less than 100 Mb)
Each archive is not a multivolume rar archive.
Each file is a separate independent archive, so you only need to download the play(s) you want.

01 - A Midsummer Nights Dream
02 - Alls Well That Ends Well
03 - Antony and Cleopatra
04 - As You Like It
05 - The Comedy of Errors
06 - Coriolanus
07 - Cymbeline
08 - Hamlet
09, 10 - Henry IV
11 - Henry V
12, 13, 14 - Henry VI
15 - Henry VIII
16 - Julius Caesar
17 - King John
18 - King Lear
19 - Love's Labor's Lost
20 - Macbeth
21 - Measure for Measure
22 - Merchant of Venice
23 - The Merry Wives of Winsor
24 - Much Ado About Nothing
25 - Othello
26 - Pericles
27 - Richard II
28 - Richard III
29 - Romeo and Juliet
30 - Taming of the Shrew
31 - Tempest
32 - Timon of Athens
33 - Titus Andronicus
34 - Troilus and Cressida
35 - Twelfth Night
36 - Two Gentlemen of Verona
37 - The Two Noble Kinsmen
38 - Winters Tale

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Password for each archive: englishtips.org
Thanks, for the new links

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Note: I'll be posting each play separately as well, as Blogger allows only 200 characters for the blog Labels, and I think it's important especially for the lesser known plays to be indexed and searchable.

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The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare: 38 Fully-Dramatized Plays -new links by William Shakespeare Produced by Tom Treadwell and Bill Shepherd of Arkangel Productions Directed by Clive Brill Features Full Cast Performances Music composed by Dominique Le Gendre The Complete Shakespeare for the 21st Century .

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The Biography of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Facts

Strange Facts about Shakespeare

Trivia Facts on Shakespeare

Fast Facts - Fun Facts

Interesting information about the biography, life and times of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Facts

FACTS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE

There are many mysteries that surround the life of William Shakespeare - some are based on facts and some are based on fiction! Some are interesting facts, some are strange facts and some are down right weird facts

Shakespeare was interesting! Check out our Top 10 Facts on Shakespeare!

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TOP 10 FACTS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE!

Trivia Fact 1 - No one knows the actual birthday of Shakespeare!

Trivia Fact 2 - Anne Hathaway was eight years older than Shakespeare and three months pregnant when they got married!

Trivia Fact 3 - Many Shakespeare life facts are unknown - these are referred to as the Lost Years

Trivia Fact 4 - Shakespeare's Father, John was a money lender! He was accused in the Exchequer Court of Usury for lending money at the inflated rate of 20% and 25% Interest!

Trivia Fact 5 - William Arden, a relative of Shakespeare's mother Mary Arden, was arrested for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I, imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed!

Trivia Fact 6 - Shakespeare and his company built TWO Globe Theatres!

Trivia Fact 7 - Shakespeare never published any of his plays!

Trivia Fact 8 - Shakespeare and the Globe Actors were implicated in the Essex Rebellion of 1601!

Trivia Fact 9 - Many eminent Authors and Politicians do not believe that Shakespeare wrote his plays...

Trivia Fact 10 - Shakespeare's family were all illiterate!

MORE FACTS ON SHAKESPEARE!

RUMOURS AND FACTS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE!

Shakespeare's actual birthday is unknown but April 23rd has been generally used - the same day as St. George's Day, the Patron Saint of England - stranger still his actual date of death is also unknown and this has also been given April 23rd! Fact!

William's father, John Shakespeare was the Mayor of Stratford

There are rumours that Shakespeare left Stratford-upon-Avon to avoid prosecution for poaching a deer!

Shakespeare is rumoured to be the father of an illegitimate son - William Davenant!

We do not really know what Shakespeare looked like! Not one portrait was painted of Shakespeare whilst he was still alive!

The majority of his plays were only published seven years after his death!

Scandalous Facts! Shakespeare's daughter, Judith married a man called Thomas Quiney - but failed to get a special license to marry and, on March 12th 1616, Judith and Thomas Quiney were both excommunicated!

More scandalous Shakespeare Family Facts! It transpired that Thomas Quiney had made another girl pregnant and was prosecuted for 'carnal copulation'

The only mention that Shakespeare specifically makes of his wife in his Last Will and testament was to leave her his "second best bed"

Shakespeare's grandchildren all died - he had no descendents

William Shakespeare Facts

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The story of Mark Antony, Roman military leader and triumvir, who is madly in love with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. The last of Shakespeare's great political tragedies, chronicling the life of the mighty warrior Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Since its first recorded production, Although there were earlier Elizabethan plays on the subject of Julius Caesar and his turbulent rule, Shakespeare's penetrating study of political life in ancient Rome is the only version to recount the demise of Brutus and the other conspirators. The story of King Lear, an aging monarch who decides to divide his kingdom amongst his three daughters, according to which one recites the best declaration of love. Othello, a valiant Moorish general in the service of Venice, falls prey to the devious schemes of his false friend, Iago. Celebrated for the radiance of its lyric poetry, Written late in Shakespeare's career, A sordid tale of revenge and political turmoil, overflowing with bloodshed and unthinkable brutality. The play was not printed with Shakespeare credited as author during his lifetime, and critics are divided between whether it is the product of another dramatist or simply Shakespeare's first attempt at the genre. One of Shakespeare's most popular plays, featuring the opportunistic miscreant, Sir John Falstaff. This is the third play in the second tetralogy of history plays, along with The first in Shakespeare's trilogy about the War of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York.Part two of Shakespeare's chronicle play. Based on Hall's work, the play contains some historical inaccuracies.Part three begins Many believe In the shadow of Shakespeare's second tetralogy of history plays lies the neglected masterpiece, More so than Shakespeare's earlier history plays, The devious machinations of the deformed villain, Richard, duke of Gloucester, made this play an Elizabethan favorite.In 1767, a scholar named Richard Farmer concluded that this play is really the revision of Shakespeare's missing This is Shakespeare's shortest play, which he based on This play, modeled after Boccaccio's Considered a "dark" comedy, The character of Shylock has raised a debate over whether the play should be condemned as anti-Semitic, and this controversy has overshadowed many other aspects of the play. A magical exploration of the mysteries of love, and one of Shakespeare's best-known comedies. The story of two very different sets of lovers, Beatrice and Benedick and Claudio and Hero. The witty banter between Beatrice and Benedick is the highlight of the play. Portions of Hailed as a stunning climax to the career of England's favorite dramatist, Shakespeare loved to use the device of mistaken identity, and nowhere does he use this convention more skillfully than in The tale of two friends who travel to Milan and learn about the chaotic world of courting.

Shakespeare's Plays
Before the publication of the First Folio in 1623, nineteen of the thirty-seven plays in Shakespeare's canon had appeared in quarto format. With the exception of Othello (1622), all of the quartos were published prior to the date of Shakespeare's retirement from the theatre in about 1611. It is unlikely that Shakespeare was involved directly with the printing of any of his plays, although it should be noted that two of his poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece were almost certainly printed under his direct supervision.

Here you will find the complete text of Shakespeare's plays, based primarily on the First Folio, and a variety of helpful resources, including extensive explanatory notes, character analysis, source information, and articles and book excerpts on a wide range of topics unique to each drama.
Tragedies
Antony and Cleopatra (1607-1608)

Earliest known text: First Folio (1623).

Coriolanus (1607-1608)

Earliest known text: First Folio (1623).
Hamlet (1600-1601)

Hamlet has engrossed playgoers, thrilled readers, and challenged actors more so than any other play in the Western canon. No other single work of fiction has produced more commonly used expressions.
Earliest known text: Quarto (1603). Julius Caesar (1599-1600)

Earliest known text: First Folio (1623).
King Lear (1605-1606)

Earliest known text: Quarto (1608). Macbeth (1605-1606)

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most stimulating and popular dramas. Renaissance records of Shakespeare's plays in performance are scarce, but a detailed account of an original production of Macbeth has survived, thanks to Dr. Simon Forman.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). Othello (1604-1605)

Earliest known text: Quarto (1622).
Romeo and Juliet (1594-1595)

Romeo and Juliet was tremendously popular from its first performance. The sweet whispers shared by young Tudor lovers throughout the realm were often referred to as "naught but pure Romeo and Juliet."
Earliest known text: Quarto (1597). Timon of Athens (1607-1608)

Timon of Athens is criticized as an underdeveloped tragedy, likely co-written by George Wilkins or Cyril Tourneur. Read the play and see if you agree.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). Titus Andronicus (1593-1594)

Earliest known text: Quarto (1594).

Histories
Henry IV, Part I (1597-1598)

Earliest known text: Quarto (1598). Henry IV, Part II (1597-1598)

Henry V Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, and Henry V.
Earliest known text: Quarto (1600). (1598-1599)

Henry V is the last in the second tetralogy sequence. King Henry is considered Shakespeare's ideal monarch.
Earliest known text: Quarto (1600). Henry VI, Part I (1591-1592)

Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). Henry VI, Part II (1590-1591)

Earliest known text: Quarto (1594). Henry VI, Part III (1590-1591)

Henry VIII in medias res, with the duke of Suffolk dead and the duke of York being named Henry VI's heir.
Earliest known text: Quarto (1595). (1612-1613)

King John Henry VIII to be Shakespeare's last play, but others firmly believe that he had little, if anything, to do with its creation.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). (1596-1597)

Richard II King John. Although seldom read or performed today, King John was once one of Shakespeare's most popular histories, praised for its poetic brilliance.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). (1595-1596)

Richard II is notable for its well-rounded characters.
Earliest known text: Quarto (1597). Richard III (1592-1593)

Comedies
All's Well That Ends Well
Earliest known text: Quarto (1597). (1602-1603)

As You Like It Love's Labour's Won, which was likely written around 1592. It is considered a problem play, due primarily to the character Helena and her ambiguous nature. Is she a virtuous lady or a crafty temptress?
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). (1599-1600)

As You Like It is considered by many to be one of Shakespeare's greatest comedies, and the heroine, Rosalind, is praised as one of his most inspiring characters.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). The Comedy of Errors (1592-1593)

Menaechmi by Plautus.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). Cymbeline (1609-1610)

Decameron, is often classified as a romance. It features the beautiful Imogen, considered by many to be Shakespeare's most admirable female character.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). Love's Labour's Lost (1594-1595)

Love's Labour's Lost is a play of witty banter and little plot, written during the early part of Shakespeare's literary career, when his focus was on fancy conceits and the playful nature of love.
Earliest known text: Quarto (1598). Measure for Measure (1604-1605)

Measure for Measure was inspired by Cinthio's Epitia and Whetstone's Promos and Cassandra.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). The Merchant of Venice (1596-1597)

Earliest known text: Quarto (1600).
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600-1601)

The Merry Wives is unique amongst Shakespeare's plays because it is set in Shakespeare's England. It features the Bard's beloved character, Falstaff.
Earliest known text: Quarto (1602). A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-1596)

Earliest known text: Quarto (1600). Much Ado About Nothing (1598-1599)

Earliest known text: Quarto (1600). Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1608-1609)

The Taming of the Shrew Pericles are ripe with imagery and symbolism but the first three acts and scenes v and vi (the notorious brothel scenes) of Act IV are considered inadequate and likely the work of two other dramatists. The play was not included in the First Folio of 1623. In Shakespeare's sources, Pericles is named Apollonius.
Earliest known text: Quarto (1609). (1593-1594)

The Tempest The Taming of the Shrew revolves around the troubled relationship between Katharina and her suitor, Petruchio, who is determined to mold Katharina into a suitable wife.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). (1611-1612)

Troilus and Cressida The Tempest is a play praising the glories of reconciliation and forgiveness. Some believe that Prospero's final speeches signify Shakespeare's personal adieu from the stage.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). (1601-1602)

Twelfth Night Troilus and Cressida is difficult to categorize because it lacks elements vital to both comedies and tragedies. But, for now, it is classified as a comedy.
Earliest known text: Quarto (1609). (1599-1600)

Two Gentlemen of Verona Twelfth Night.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). (1594-1595)

The Winter's Tale
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623). (1610-1611)

The Winter's Tale is considered a romantic comedy, but tragic elements are woven throughout the play. We have a first-hand account of a production of the play at the Globe in 1611. It is one of Shakespeare's final plays.
Earliest known text: First Folio (1623).

Quote in Context

If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again!
Twelfth Night (1.1), Duke Orsino

Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, is consumed by his passion for the melancholy Countess Olivia. His ostentatious musings on the nature of love begin with what has become one of Shakespeare's most famous lines: "If music be the food of love, play on." It is apparent that Orsino's love is hollow. He is a romantic dreamer, for whom the idea of being in love is most important. When Valentine gives him the terrible news that Olivia plans to seclude herself for seven years to mourn her deceased brother, Orsino seems unfazed, and hopes Olivia may one day be as bewitched by love (the one self king) as he. Fittingly, the scene ends with Orsino off to lay in a bed of flowers, where he can be alone with his love-thoughts. Later in the play it will be up to Viola to teach Orsino the true meaning of love.

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Bard Bites

AlthoughThe Two Noble Kinsmen likely was written in 1613, the first printing of the play did not occur until 1634, when "the memorable worthies of their time, Mr John Fletcher, and Mr William Shakespeare, Gent." were credited as co-authors on the title page. It is now generally accepted that Fletcher wrote the majority of the play, while Shakespeare wrote most of Act 1 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) and Act 5, with the exception of Scene 2.
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The average length of a play in Elizabethan England was 3000 lines. With 4,042 lines and 29,551 words, Hamlet is the longest Shakespearean play (based on the first edition of The Riverside Shakespeare (1974)). With 1,787 lines and 14,369 words, The Comedy of Errors is the shortest Shakespearean play (also based on the first edition of The Riverside Shakespeare).
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This relative of Shakespeare developed a treatment for scurvy made from local grasses and plants high in ascorbic acid over one hundred years before James Lind's discovery that the disease could be treated with citrus fruit. Who was he? Find out...
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This famous Romantic poet was so influenced by Shakespeare that he kept a bust of the Bard beside him for inspiration while he wrote. Who was he? Find out...
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So great was the Elizabethan demand for wigs made from human hair that "children with handsome locks were never allowed to walk alone in the London streets for fear they should be temporarily kidnapped and their tresses cut off." Read on...
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Elizabethan and Jacobean audiences reveled in shocking drama. Patrons consistently packed the theatres to see the newest foray into debauchery and murder. Shakespeare appealed to the masses by baking this character's two sons in a meat pie and feeding them to her. Who is she? Find out...
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Shakespeare's late comedies are considered romances: The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Cymbeline, and Pericles. The Two Noble Kinsman is also sometimes mentioned along side these other plays as a romantic comedy.
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Love's Labour's Lost has the highest percentage of rhyming lines of all of Shakespeare's plays. According to Shakespearean scholar Tucker Brooke, 62.2% of the lines in Love's Labour's Lost rhyme. The closest competitor is A Midsummer Night's Dream, with 43.4% rhyming lines.
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Shakespeare was familiar with seven foreign languages and often quoted them directly in his plays. His vocabulary was the largest of any writer, at over twenty-four thousand words. Read on...

Related Resources

Chronology of Shakespeare's Plays (when written)
Chronology of Shakespeare's Plays (when set)
Shakespeare Characters A to Z

Chronological List of Elizabethan Theatres
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
The Four Periods of Shakespeare's Work

Shakespeare's Metaphors and Similes
Characteristics of Shakespeare's Plays
Top 10 Shakespeare Plays

Seneca's Tragedies and Elizabethan Drama
Shakespeare's Blank Verse
Elements of Comedy

A Shakespeare Glossary
Pronouncing Shakespearean Names
Words Shakespeare Invented
Shakespeare's Impact on Other Writers

What Inspired Shakespeare?
Reasons Behind Shakespeare's Influence
Shakespeare's Language
Bloody will be thy end: Shakespeare Farewells

Hamlet Essays and Study Guide
Macbeth Essays and Study Guide
Othello Essays and Study Guide

Julius Caesar Essays and Study Guide
King Lear Essays and Study Guide
Henry IV, Part 1 Essays and Study Guide

Essays on The Tempest
Essays on A Midsummer Night's Dream
Essays on Twelfth Night
Essays on As You Like It

Shakespearean Quotations
Early Copies of Shakespeare's Plays
The Two Noble Kinsmen: Overview
Shakespeare's Edward III?

Shakespeare's Audience in his Day
Going to a Play in Shakespeare's London
London's First Public Playhouse
Shakespeare's Trap Doors
Shakespeare's Boss

Shakespeare Hits the Big Time
Shakespeare's Villains
Portraits of Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Contemporaries

Shakespeare's Sexuality
Worst Diseases in Shakespeare's London
Daily Life in Shakespeare's London
Shakespeare Q & A

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Shakespeare on Jealousy

Jealousy and the suffering it inflicts on lovers is at the heart of Shakespeare's later romances, Cymbeline and The Winter's Tale. Few moments in Shakespeare's plays are as intense as that in which Posthumus comes to believe that Imogen has slept with Iachimo (Cymbeline, 2.4). Although they bring us to the brink of tragedy, Cymbeline and The Winter's Tale end with the defeat of jealousy, and so they are considered comedies. This is not the case with Shakespeare's best-known exploration of the "green-eyed monster" -- Othello. Read on...

Imagery of Disease in Hamlet

In Hamlet Shakespeare weaves the dominant motif of disease into every scene to illustrate the corrupt state of Denmark and Hamlet's all-consuming pessimism. Images of ulcers, pleurisy, full body pustules, apoplexy, and madness parallel the sins of drunkenness, espionage, war, adultery, and murder, to reinforce the central idea that Denmark is dying. Read on...

Shakespeare's Characters

So how do you pronounce Jaques, anyway? Here is our comprehensive list of every Shakespearean character and the play in which he or she appears. Included is our spelled pronunciation guide, essential for all drama students and teachers.

Themes in The Tempest

"The great and striking peculiarity of this play is that its action lies wholly in the ideal world. It differs, therefore, from every other work of Shakespeare in the character of its mediation. Our poet, in most of his dramas, portrays the real world, and exhibits man as acting from clear conscious motives, and not from supernatural influences. But here he completely reverses his procedure; from beginning to end the chief instrumentalities of the poem are external; its conflicts and solutions are brought about by powers seemingly beyond human might and intelligence." J. D. Snider. Read on...

Sonnet 73

An analysis of Shakespeare's inspired sonnet, hailed as one of the best in the Western canon. Included is a paraphrase of the poem in contemporary English.

Why is King Leir Important?

The story of King Lear and his three daughters is an old tale, well known in England for centuries before Shakespeare wrote the definitive play on the subject. The first English account of Lear can be found in the History of the Kings of Britain, written by Geoffrey Monmouth in 1135. However, it is clear that Shakespeare relied chiefly on King Leir, an anonymous play published twelve years before the first recorded performance of Shakespeare's King Lear. Read on to find out more about Leir and see side-by-side versions of Leir and Shakespeare's masterpiece.

What Did Shakespeare Look Like?

The Stratford Bust, located on the wall of the chancel of Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon, is the oldest and, along with the Droeshout Portrait, most credible of all the known images of Shakespeare. But there are many representations of the Bard that have been handed down throughout the centuries, each with its own fascinating story to tell.

Shakespeare in Print: The Perils of Publishing in Elizabethan England

During Shakespeare's lifetime Elizabethan playwrights cared little about seeing their work in print. Only the rare drama was actually intended to be read as well as performed. Writers would usually sell their plays to the theatrical company which staged the performances, and if the company committed a particular play to paper, it would create only one copy - the official copy - in the form of a prompt-book. A prompt-book was a transcript of the play used during performances, cluttered with stage directions, instructions for sound effects, and the names of the actors. If a play was printed for a reading audience, it was often without the author's consent. Unprincipled publishers would steal the prompt-book, and sell copies for about fivepence apiece. Read on...

Playing Fast and Loose with Shakespeare's Name

The Elizabethans cared as little for spelling as they did for the Spanish and nowhere is their comical disregard for simple consistency more evident than in their treatment of the surname Shakespeare. And how did Shakespeare spell his own name, anyway? Find out...

A Guide to Shakespeare's Theatres

Find essential facts fast with this handy chronological reference guide to every Elizabethan and quasi-Elizabethan playhouse from 1576 to 1663.

Richard Burbage: The Poet Maker

There are no records of any significant tributes to Shakespeare by his fellow actors and writers at the time of his death. The great eulogies praising the Sweet Swan of Avon appeared much later, in the First Folio of 1623. The situation was quite different for Shakespeare's friend and legendary actor, Richard Burbage. When he died in 1619 the nation mourned and eulogies poured forth from distraught writers whose characters would surely die with him. The shock and sadness over Burbage's passing may be the key to our understanding of why so little was written on Shakespeare's death just three years earlier. Read on...

Why Study Shakespeare?

Ben Jonson anticipated Shakespeare's dazzling future when he declared, "He was not of an age, but for all time!" in the preface to the First Folio. While most people know that Shakespeare is the most popular dramatist and poet the world has ever produced, students new to his work often wonder why this is so. The following are the top reasons why Shakespeare has stood the test of time.

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Shakespeare Study Guides and Essays
Top Questions About Shakespeare

The Fascinating Stage History of Othello

Many of Shakespeare's plays have fallen in and out of favour throughout the centuries, but Othello has remained one of his most popular. One performance of Othello, produced in 1660, starred an actress by the name of Margaret Hughes in the role of Desdemona. This production is of particular importance because it marked the first time a woman was accepted on the English stage. Before this, all the characters, whether male or female, were played exclusively by men. Read on...

Entertainment in Elizabethan England

In Elizabethan England, during the times when plays were not completely outlawed, going to the theatre was the favourite activity of the masses. When disease ravaged London, actors would travel across the English countryside, entertaining farmers. There were also many days devoted to feasting, such as Mad Day, Midsummer Day, and Ascension Day (just to name a few), when people would drink and make merry. Dances were popular, whether you lived in London or in a small town, and so was getting together at the local pub for sing-alongs. Read on...

Shakespeare's Biography

Our detailed biography of Shakespeare covering his ancestry, parents, childhood in Stratford, siblings, marriage, children, career as an actor, contemporaries, and much more!

Julius Caesar Study Questions and Answers

This selection of questions and detailed answers is part of our Julius Caesar study guide, which provides students with a general overview of the play, an introduction to its central characters, excerpts from Plutarch, a list of essay topics at both high school and college levels and much more. To the full study guide...

Elizabethan Fashion Faux Pas

We have the Elizabethans to thank for many of the jewels of Western literature. But they were also responsible for some of the worst fashion disasters the world has ever seen. With ruffs so large that ladies had to eat soup with a two foot spoon and men's hose so stuffed with bran that they popped and spilled onto the floor, the Elizabethans showed no fashion shame. Find out more about Clothing in Elizabethan England.

Shakespeare Reveals Your Fortune

It is the stars,
The stars above us, govern our conditions. (King Lear)
Have some fun while you let Shakespeare predict your future. Choose from nine questions on long life, love, prosperity and happiness and you will receive your answer from the wisdom of Shakespeare's timeless verse. Your future awaits...

Featured Quote
They say, if money go before, all ways do lie open.
The Merry Wives of Windsor, (2.2), Ford

Shakespeare acquired substantial wealth thanks to his acting and writing abilities, and his shares in London theatres. The going rate was £10 per play at the turn of the sixteenth century. So how much money did Shakespeare make? Read on...

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Director Michael Almereyda and Ethan Hawke are teaming up to bring us a modern-day film adaptation of Shakespeare's masterpiece, Cymbeline. Hawke will play the mischief-loving villain, Iachimo. Please click here to read more and view the trailer.

Featured Quote
Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more.
Macbeth, (5.5), Macbeth

"There is a magic in the expression "brief candle" which I have never known any one to deny. What is the secret of it? A candle is a commonplace enough object; in itself it is not a poetical thing; it is something useful, something with regard to which the idea of use and ownership naturally arises; it stands low down, as an inanimate thing, on the scale of images which culminates in man. Yet, as Shakespeare has used it, it is a central image in a consummate bit of poetry." Arthur Fairchild. Read on...
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Word of the Week: palmy
In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
The graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead
Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets
Hamlet, (1.1), Horatio

palmy ] flourishing. Invented by Shakespeare.
In classical texts the spirits of the dead were a disorganized bunch, meandering about town talking gibberish in high-pitched shrieks. Shakespeare likely would have been familiar with Homer's description of ghosts in the Odyssey. Read on...

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Featured Quote
There is no ancient
gentleman but gardeners, ditchers, and grave-makers:
they hold up Adam's profession.
Hamlet, (5.1), First Clown

The Clowns (also known as the Grave-diggers) express the sentiment of the common people that Ophelia has committed suicide, although the audience has only Gertrude's poetic account of the drowning, which she says was accidental. Later in this scene we see that the Priest also doubts Ophelia's death was an accident Read on...
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William Shakespeare Shakespeare is renowned as the English playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in history of English literature.

Shakespeare PlaysAll the plays from 'All's Well That Ends Well' to 'Twelfth Night' in the complete original texts with summaries. Divided into comedies, histories and tragedies.

Sonnets All of the Bard's 154 sonnets including the much acclaimed sonnet 18: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day..."

Pictures Engraving of paintings of William Shakespeare and those inspired by his famous plays. Indexed by play and accompanied by the text inspiring the painting.

Bard Facts Trivia about the world's most famous bard from words coined by the bard to his marriage.

BiographyEverything you would ever want to know about the immortal Bard's life and more.

Authorship Debate The controversial debate on who really wrote the complete works continues to rages unabated to this very day.

Quiz Test your knowledge of the bard by taking our gruelling quiz, answers included.

Summaries Shakespeare summaries provide a quick and easy guide to Shakespeare's most famous plays. Divided by act, the summaries make an ideal introduction.

Poems The complete collection of the Bard's poetry in the original text including A lover's complaint and Venus and Adonis.

Quotes Over 130 of the most famous quotes from the Bard's complete works indexed by play.

Globe Theatre The story of how the Bard created one of the greatest theatres of all time, the playhouse is also where he first performed many of his greatest plays.

Films The ultimate list of all film adaptations of the complete works, there are well over 250 movies to date.

Bibliography The complete list of the plays, poems and sonnets attributed as written by the Bard.

Timeline Describes the many chapters in the immortal Bard's colorful life from birth, his disappearance, marriage, his death and ending in the printing of the First Folio in 1623.

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Description with images and pictures of the style of Elizabethan houses and Jacobean homes and mansions in the late 16th century and early 17th century in England.

Next come the Elizabethan and Jacobean styles, which together form a transitional type of art connecting the style of Tudor houses with the Anglo Classic art of Inigo Jones belonging the early English Renaissance. The Elizabethan style coincides with the final settlement of the Reformation by Elizabeth, the patriotic outburst caused by the defeat of the Spanish Armada in A.D. 1588, and the literary period of Spenser, Shakespeare, Burleigh and Sir Philip Sidney.

The settlement of foreign craftsmen in England, caused by the massacre of St. Bartholomew (A.D. 1572), also helped to introduce the new form of architectural art as practised for some time previously in France.

The first English book on the new style of architecture, as it was called, was published in A.D. 1563 by John Shute on his return from Italy.

Country Mansions

The period is specially remarkable for the erection of a large number of country residences in which many Gothic features, such as mullioned windows, towers, oriels and large chimney stacks, were retained, but were ornamented with Renaissance detail.

Two general types of plan were in use. The smaller type, derived from the simple mediaeval manor house, consisted as before of a Hall placed centrally with kitchen and offices at one end and family apartments at the other. The larger type was evolved from the quadrangular mediaeval plan, which the Elizabethan and Jacobean architects modified by omitting one side. This resulted in an E shaped plan, securing sunlight and a freer circulation of air into the Court, as at Hatfield House (see diagrams).

Hatfield House.

The H shaped plan was evolved by extending the wings as at Holland House, London. Other fanciful plans showing extreme originality were also employed, as, e.g., Longford Castle, a triangular house attributed to John Thorpe.

Hatfield House.

Halls

The Great Hall was not universal in this period, and even when found does not occupy such a disproportionate space as formerly, being, in fact, retained from the mediaeval period in order to give a certain state and dignity to the house, although the spirit and meaning of its old character had departed.

The old college halls of the universities and the Inns of Court of London still retain the old arrangement with dais and high table, but these would appear to have had their origin in early monastic institutions and not in the feudal system which produced the hall of the mediaeval period.

The hall was usually lined to a height of eight or ten feet with oak panelling, while above were arranged the trophies of the chase, armour, ancestral portraits, family relics and heirlooms.

Plans and elevation of Holland House, Kensington.

The carved oak screen and minstrels' gallery, the raised dais and lofty bay windows, the imposing fireplace richly carved with the owner's coat-of-arms, and the ornamental plaster ceiling are well-known features.

Staircases

Staircases are important because the chief living rooms, which were frequently on the first floor, demanded an easy means of approach, and they are numerous because the hall was frequently two stories in height, thus dividing the upper floors into two parts, access to which was only obtained by separate staircases. They are generally placed in connection with the hall, and with their heavily carved newels, pierced balustrading and rich carving give an air of spaciousness and dignity to the interior.

The Long Gallery

There is no feature more characteristic of the Elizabethan period, and the Jacobean, than the Long Gallery from which the modern term picture gallery appears to be derived. Their origin is doubtful, but they may have been used for exercise or for the display of objects of art; for the fashionable pastime of "collecting" seems to have commenced about this period. They undoubtedly sometimes served as a means of communication between the wings of the upper floors of the house, when the hall was two stories in height. They were situated on the upper floor, and often extended the whole length of the house. The proportions of the long gallery vary from those of the Great Hall, in being comparatively low and narrow in proportion to their length. This effect, however, was frequently relieved by projecting room-like bays, like those at Haddon Hall, which are as much as fifteen feet by twelve feet.

The walls usually had oak panelling for their full height, and the plaster ceilings were richly modelled.

Family Rooms

The dining, withdrawing room, chapel, bedrooms and offices were based on those of the mediaeval period, but arranged with greater regard to convenience.

Interiors

The oak furniture, chairs, tables, sideboards, chests and bedsteads of the period form very important features of the house, being constructed in the prevailing architectural style, and therefore adding to the unity and completeness of the general design. See more on Elizabethan furniture and Jacobean furniture.

Carpets appear to have been imported from Turkey and to have come into general use in the reign of Elizabeth.

The Formal Garden

The art of Italian landscape gardening now made its influence felt in the planning of the Formal Garden. This was set as a frame round the more important houses, and with its series of forecourts, parterres, arcades, fountains and terraces it gave a complete and finished appearance to the house.

Where to See

Amongst well known examples of Elizabethan and Jacobean houses are Kirby (Northants), A.D. 1570-5 ; Knole (Kent), A.D. 1570; Burghley (Northants), A.D. 1575-89; Hardwick Hall (Derbyshire), A.D. 1576-97; Longleat (Wilts), A.D. 1567; Bramshill (Hants), A.D. 1607-12 ; and Hatfield House (Herts), A.D. 1611. Try Late Tudor English Homes for some pictures.

The Charterhouse and the Inns of Court in London, the Colleges at Oxford and Cambridge are also good examples. Sir Paul Pindar's house, the front of which is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, is a fine specimen of a small town facade.

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