This lecture and slides traces the history of the Elizabeth theater through a variety of topics: London, inn-yards, great halls, outdoor theatres, performances, indoor threatres, theatre and drama, actors, acting, and audience. These...

This resource provides information about acting styles in the Elizabethan Age.

Kids learn about the Elizabethan Era including the English Renaissance, theatre, arts, clothing, fashion, and fun facts.

Describes some superstitions that people had during Elizabethan times.

History Questions: Elizabethan Era Quiz, Test, and WebQuest

Full-featured online exhibition about Elizabeth I, her reign, and Elizabethan times.

A short slideshow prepared by two British students looking at why theater developed so much during Queen Elizabeth I's reign. Provides information about playwrights who were prominent during this time period.

Learn the difference between farthingales and jerkins, trunk hose and canions by clicking on the Elizabethan Period costumes that Shakespeare's players and audience wore.

This site is a portal to biographical information about the Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney, texts of his works, articles and essays about his works, and a list of other resources.

This site features biographical information about the Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney and links to full text examples of his poetry.

This webpage features a transcript of a letter written by Sir Henry Sidney in in 1565 or 1566 to his son, Philip Sidney, the Elizabethan poet. The letter is famous for the advice it gives to the young Philip about learning and being a...

This essay addresses the madness present within the Shakespearean comedy, "The Comedy of Errors," and how it is reflective of "Elizabethan ideas about both supernatural and natural causes of madness."

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive slideshow lesson of life in Elizabethan England and Shakespeare's life and works. It includes the ranking of the English Court, Shakespeare's family tree, Shakespeare's life, a...

Excerpt taken from "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature," this site places Donne amidst Elizabethan poets of his era and defines Donne apart from them.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive lesson plan for teaching The Tempest including information about Elizabethan Theatre, the play, the theme of power and hierarchy, the setting, the characters, figurative...

A detailed and lengthy biographical summary of the life of Elizabethan composer William Byrd, who used poetry for the basis of many of his songs.

This comprehensive site offers links to the history of British theatre including the Classics, Medieval and Renaissance, Elizabethan, 17th, 18th, 19th Century, Contemporary, and Non-Western theatre. It also provides links to theatre...

Chapter 17 of a textbook on world history (36 pages). Includes a Renaissance timeline and map. Looks at the conditions that led to the Italian Renaissance, major artists, writers, the Northern Renaissance, the Elizabethan Age, the...

This activity encourages students to explore Shakespeare's presentation of Prospero and his arts in the light of attitudes to magic in the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period. Included are discussion questions, primary sources, links...

This is a 21-page PDF study guide for Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing entitled "Will Power Study Guide: Much Ado About Nothing" from the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at Desales University. It provides information about...

This site contains an introduction to Shakespeare's grammar and sections on his works, play synopses, Elizabethan England, and more.

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Travel on a Virtual Field Trip to learn more about William Shakespeare. You will find many deep, and thorough websites.

A brief overview of women writers during the English Renaissance. Related links to different writers.