Shakespeare : Websites and Online Multimedia

YouTube Videos

These videos explore the influence of Shakespeare on modern language and some of the social customs Shakespeare would have known and practiced

"Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter" by David T Freeman and Gregory Taylor posted as a TED-Ed video on Jan 27, 2015

"Shakespeare is everywhere" by Christopher Glaze at TEDxVancouver on March 21, 2012

Tudor Food & Etiquette Explained in 14 Minutes by the Tudor World History Channel; posted on April 25, 2021

SHAKESPEARE UNLIMITED from the Folger Shakespeare Library

A podcast about Shakespeare, his times, his world, and his influence, produced by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC.

The below post, found on Youtube, posted on April 25, 2024 is "Sights, Sounds and Smells of Elizabethan Theater" and is one of over two hundred podcasts that explore Shakespeare and other related topics.

Other podcasts include:

ClearShakespeare The Read-Along Shakespeare Podcast

Chop Bard

Listed below in no particular order, are a few interesting websites related to Shakespeare research and the performance of his works.

• Folger Shakespeare Library: Washington DC's premier study center for the Bard and his works
• Folger Theatre: Theatre attached to the Folger Library; see their current season.
•  Shakespeare’s Globe: The theatre of his time, recreated. Visit the home page.
• Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Want to see where Will and his family grew up? Check here first!
• Royal Shakespeare Company: The RSC is based in Stratford-upon-Avon; this is their homepage.
• Stratford Festival: Ontario, Canada does Shakespeare (and others!)
• Open Source Shakespeare  from George Mason University
• Shakespeare Network:  a non-profit organization's site with facsimile documents, free e-texts of Shakespeare's works, concordance, a YouTube channel, and a list of resources for both acting and film-making.
• Shakespeare Resource Center: Shakespeare site with content from all over the web
• Tudor Times: website for information on the Tudor and Stuart eras of British monarchy

. . .and for laughs, the home page of the comedy troupe The Reduced Shakespeare Company, which happily condenses all of Shakespeare's dramas  into 90 minutes. (Other famous works and histories abridged separately). See below for the Hamlet Encores at a live show.

Hamlet is a tragic drama, right? Angst, death, insanity, ethical questions--weighty matters. Not in the hands of the Reduced Shakespeare Company.  Filmed at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Agoura, CA, in 1987.

This video was posted to Youtube on May 5,2009.

Online Games featuring Shakespeare or his plays and characters

All Shakespeare Trivia Quizzes and Games : Sporcle.com's set of Shakespearean-related fun

Quizzes and Games: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust website has a set of quizzes

Activities: Games and activities for all persons from Shakespeare's Globe Theater

 Shakespeare Choose Your Own Adventure by AdmiralManatee: A text adventure using famous plays of the Bard, posted on a British text adventure site. Note: the game is a work-in-progress, so beware of occasional updates.