This brief list is intended to supplement the list here, which is curated for undergraduate students. For more comprehensive lists of resources, see
- Claire Bourne’s http://www.ofpilcrows.com/resources-early-modern-plays-page-and-stage
- Sarah Werner’s https://sarahwerner.net/blog/a-compendium-of-resources/
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. Nearly 500 references, found in roughly 400 print and manuscript documents, provide a rich portrait of Shakespeare as a professional playwright, actor, poet, business man, and family man who lived in both London and Stratford-upon-Avon.”
Reception, Reputation and Circulation in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800
Abstracts for and podcasts of the papers delivered at a March, 2017 conference.
Early Modern Theatre
Ollie Jones’ blog includes video clips from performances of various early modern plays, including several that are rarely produced even in the UK.
the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP)