Shakespeare – Seniors
This site includes videos and links to website to help Year 10 – 12 students learn more about Shakespeare’s life, the theatre of the time, The Globe theatre, and Elizabethan times and values.
The Aquinas Resource Centre also has a number of books and DVDs which will help you with your work. They are located at 822.33
Shakespeare’s Life:
William Shakespeare Biography
William Shakespeare (Bio) – site includes two videos ‘Mini biography’ and ‘Life of a bard’
Shakespeare’s world – how Shakespeare lived; in the setting of the Elizabethan Age.
The Seven ages of Shakespeare’s life
Absolute Shakespeare (lots of links)
Shakespeare, his writing and his sources
Shakespeare
Elizabethan times, values and attitudes:
The background of ideas (including religion)
Themes of Shakespeare’s work:
Shakespeare; Themes of Macbeth
The Merchant of Venice (funny summary)
His plays:
Elizabethan theatre and its audiences:
Shakespeare’s stage (video)
Elizabethan Theatre (Encyclopedia Britannica)
The Globe Theatre:
Shakespeare and The Globe Theatre (video)
7 Facts about the Globe Theatre
A Virtual Tour of The Globe Theatre
The Globe (Absolute Shakespeare)
Shakespeare’s Language: