LibGuides: Shakespeare: Web Resources

Folger Shakespeare Library

The World's Largest Shakespeare Collection

The Folger Shakespeare Library, established in Washington, DC, 1932, is home to the world’s largest collection of First Folios, the book that gave us Shakespeare. Learn more about the First Folio and see other treasures from the Shakespeare collection.

For Shakespeare-related images, try Folger's digital image repository, LUNA. If needed, you can consult quick tips for browsing LUNA.

For more information check out the history of the Folger collection and the Library itself.

Internet Shakespeare Editions

Internet Shakepeare Editions
The Internet Shakespeare Editions offers multiple ways of exploring Shakespeareʼs plays and poems. We publish several versions of Shakespeare's works: searchable old-spelling transcriptions, modern editions prepared especially for the digital medium, and facsimile images of the original texts.

Additional Web Resources

Absolute Shakespeare
This site compiles a vast trove of information relating to Shakespeare, including images, quotations, scholarly criticism, and more.
Online Exhibitions -- Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Explore one of the many online exhibits relating to his life and times, and birthplace.
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is the independent charity that cares for the world’s greatest Shakespeare heritage sites in Stratford-upon-Avon, and promotes the enjoyment and understanding of his works, life and times all over the world.
Shakespeare Lightening Round
A Folgers hosted chat asking guests 30 lightning-fast questions about their favorite—and least favorite—things about the Bard.