Sunday, August 27, 2006

Elizabethan music

Have a listen to the samples of period music at http://ise.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/literature/courtmusicians.html
and these will give some impression of how the songs within the play might have been sung.

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Dream Sites

A short summary of Midsummer Night's Dream, with some activities
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312630/index.htm

Solid ~5 page summary
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/lambtales/LTMND.HTM

The Play, in full or by scene
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/midsummer

Don't forget to share any useful Dream sites.

Shakespeare Sites

Mr William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu

Shakespeare Resource Centre
http://www.bardweb.net/index.html

Shakspeare; or, The Poet, from Representative Men 1850, Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://www.emersoncentral.com/shak.htm


don't forget to comment here if you find a great Shakespeare site to share with the others.

The Globe Theatre

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Bottom the Ass, from The Library Shakspeare