LibGuides: Shakespeare: Additional resources

Timeline

Shakespeare timeline
A timeline of Shakespeare's life including events, performances and publications, by the University of Cambridge English department.

Primary sources

Shakespeare in Performance: Prompt Books from the Folger Shakespeare Library This link opens in a new window Shakespeare in Performance showcases rare prompt books from the world-famous Folger Shakespeare Library. These prompt books tell the story of Shakespeares plays as they were performed in theatres throughout Great Britain, the United States, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries.
Shakespeare's Globe Archive: Theatres, Players & Performance This link opens in a new window This collection offers insights into the performance practice in the particular space of the reconstructed Globe Theatre. It documents over 200 performances through prompt books, wardrobe notes, programmes, publicity material, annual reports, show reports, photographs and architectural plans.
Shakespeare Collection This link opens in a new window Contains a selection of over 200 prompt books from C17-C20; diaries of Gordon Crosse documenting 500 UK performances from 1890 to 1953; the First Folio and Quartos; editions and adaptations of Shakespeare's works from the C17, C18 & C19; plus other contemporary works. Dates covered are 1517-1975.
Royal Shakespeare Company Archives: From Playwrights to Performance 1889-2013 This link opens in a new window Archives of the RSC, covering the history of performance, the RSC and its predecessor, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. Includes records of performances, staging, costuming and the introduction of new technologies. It also includes photographs, prompt books, production records and many other visual records.

Shakespeare Documented
The largest and most authoritative collection of primary-source materials documenting the life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), bringing together all known manuscript and print references to Shakespeare, his works, and additional references to his family, in his lifetime and shortly thereafter.