Annotated Resources

Note: All titles are clickable links

Facsimiles and transcriptions of 17th Century Editions

First Quarto, 1600

The Huntington Library's superb digitization of their copy

First Quarto transcription

A somewhat-easier-to-read transcription of the First Quarto, preserving all original spellings, but using modern typefaces.

Second Quarto, 1619

The Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin's beautifully digitized copy

Second Quarto, 1619

British Library's Shakespeare in Quarto collection

First Folio, 1623

A superb presentation of the copy owned by Oxford University's Bodeleian Library

First Folio transcription

A somewhat-easier-to-read transcription of the First Folio, preserving all original spellings, but using modern typefaces.

A guide to all digitized First Folios available online

Sarah Werner's authoritative blog post with links to all the First Folios online.

Second Folio, 1632

From the collection of Miami University of Ohio

Other interesting sites

ShakEdsEtc.ORG

M.L. Stapleton's astonishingly complete set of links to digital versions of almost all Shakespeare editions now in the public domain published in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

Clear Shakespeare Podcast

Akiva Fox’s Read-Along Midsummer Night’s Dream Podcast, explaining the play line-by-line.

Shakespeare's Staging

University of California, Berkeley's immensely informative site about the staging of Shakespeare's plays throughout history

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