UNDER CONSTRUCTION

BEGINNER

SELF-HELP BOOKS [a rating system to follow - we will revise / amend list during 2017]

• Basil, John. Will Power: How To Act Shakespeare In 21 Days. New York: Applause, 2006
• Crystal, Ben. Shakespeare on Toast. Icon Books, 2012
• Dunmore, Simon. Alternative Shakespeare Auditions. London: A & C Black, 2001
• Fantasia, Louis. Instant Shakespeare. London: A & C Black, 2004
• Harold, Madd. The Actor's Guide To Performing Shakespeare. Lone Eagle, 2002
• Jago, Martin. To Play or Not to Play. 30 Games for Acting Shakespeare. New Hampshire: Smith and Krauss, 2012
• Kaiser, Scott. Mastering Shakespeare: An Acting Class In Seven Scenes. Allworth Press, 2003
• Linklater, Kristin. Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice. New York: Theatre Communications Group,1992
• Rodenburg, Patsy. Speaking Shakespeare. London: Methuen, 2002
• Silverbrush, Rhona and Plotkin, Sami. Speak the Speech! Shakespeare’s Monologues Illuminated. Faber & Faber, 2002
• Tucker, Patrick. First Folio Speeches for Men. London: Oberon, 1997
• Tucker, Patrick. First Folio Speeches for Women. London: Oberon, 1997
• Van Tassel, Wesley. Clues To Acting Shakespeare. New York: Allworth Press, 2000

ANNOTATIONS & GLOSSARY[until such time as our own ePlays are completed]

• Coye, Dale. Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words. Routledge 2002
• Crystal, David And Crystal, Ben. Shakespeare’s Words. A Glossary & Language Companion. London: Penguin, 2004 (see also www.shakespeareswords.com/glossary below under Internet)
• Crystal, David. The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation. Oxford University Press, 2016 (see also www.oup.com below under Internet)
• Scheeder, Louis and Younts, Shane Ann. All the Words on Stage: A Complete Pronunciation Dictionary for the plays of William Shakespeare. Smith & Krauss, 2002

ACADEMIC & OTHER REFERENCES (printed)

• Saccio, Peter. Shakespeare’s English Kings. Oxford University Press, 2000

ACADEMIC & OTHER REFERENCES (Internet)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth last accessed 2015.07.26 (this is an example - all 38 plays constantly accessed)
• http://www.shakespeareswords.com/ constantly accessed - this is the online companion to A Glossary & Language Companion by David Crystal and Ben Crystal (see above)
• http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org constantly accessed
• https://www.howmanysyllables.com constantly accessed

EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE (Complete Works)[until such time as our own ePlays are completed]

• Bate, Jonathan and Rasmussen, Eric. The RSC Shakespeare: William Shakespeare, Complete Works. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2007
• Harbage, Alfred. The Complete Pelican Shakespeare. Penguin Books Australia, 1984
• Orgel, Stephen and Braunmuller, A.R. The Complete Pelican Shakespeare. Penguin Books 2002

EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE (Individual Plays)[until such time as our own ePlays are completed]

• Cambridge School
• No Fear
• Oxford School
• Penguin

LECTURES & WORKSHOPS ON DVD

• Conner, Marc C. How to Read and Understand Shakespeare. The Teaching Company, 2010

FILM & TV PRODUCTIONS

• BBC Television Shakespeare. (Unabridged) 1978 onwards
• Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (Series 1) 1992
• MND, Tempest, Macbeth, R & J, Hamlet, Twelfth Night
• Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (Series 2) 1994
• R3, Taming of the Shrew , As You Like It, Julius Caesar, The Winter's tale, Othello
• The History Cycle (R2, H4 Pts 1 & 2, H5, H6 Pts 1-3, R3)
• An Age of Kings. BBC, 1960
• The Hollow Crown (R2, H4 Pts 1 & 2, H5)
• Simon Russell Beale, Ben Wishaw, Jeremy irons, Tom Hiddleston. BBC TV, 2012
• The Hollow Crown (H6 Pts 1-2, H6 Pt 3 & R3)
• Benedick Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonnevile, Judi Dench, Sophie Okonedo, Tom Sturridge. BBC TV, 2016
• Anthony & Cleopatra
• Janet Suzman, Richard Johnson, Patrick Stewart. 1974. Acclaimed TV adaptation of Trevor Nunn's RSC 1972 stage production
• As You Like
• Coriolanus
• Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler. 2012. Directed by Ralph Fiennes
• Hamlet
• Kenneth Branagh. 1996
• Laurence Olivier. 1948
• Henry IV Pts 1 & 2
• Antony Sher & RSC cast. 2014. Directed by Gregory Doran
• Henry V
• Kenneth Branagh.
• Laurence Olivier. Rank Film, 1945
• King Lear
• Laurence Olivier. TV, 1983
• Julius Caesar
• Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, John Hoyt, Deborah Kerr. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1953
• Love's Labour's Lost
• Macbeth
• Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard. 2015
• Kenneth Branagh, Alex Kingston. NT Live, 2013
• Patrick Stewart, Kate Fleetwood. Chichester Festival, 2010
• Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill. Australia, 2006
• Antony Sher, Harriet Walter. RSC, 2001
• Jason Connery, Helen Baxendale. 1997
• Ian McKellen, Judi Dench. Thames Television, 1978
• Jon Finch, Francesca Annis. 1971 (Polankski)
• Merchant of Venice, The
• Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons. MGM, 2005
• Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfieffer. 1999. Directed by Michael Hoffman
• Much Ado Nothing
• Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson. 1993
• Othello
• Kenneth Branagh, Laurence Fishburne. 1995
• Richard II.
• David Tennant. RSC, 2013
• Fiona Shaw. 1997
• Richard lll.
• Looking for Richard. Al Pacino. Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2005
• Laurence Olivier. 1955
• Romeo & Juliet
• Leonardo di Caprio, Claire Danes. 20th Century Fox, 1999
• Tempest
• Christopher Plummer. Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada, 2010. Directed by Des McAnuff
• Maurice Evans, Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Roddy McDowall. TV film 1960. Directed by George Schaefer
• Taming of the Shrew
• Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor. 1967

WEBSITES

• Elizabethan Stage Conventions http://www.thedramateacher.com/elizabethan-theatre-conventions/