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**Getting to Know the Bard, His Times, & His Theater ** 
 * __Intended Grade Level__: ** Nine

__Possible Search Terms or Keywords__: ** William Shakespeare, William Shakespeare Biography, the Bard, Elizabethan Age, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth I of England, Elizabethan theater, Elizabethan stage, Elizabethan drama, 16th century Theater, History of the English Theater, the Globe Theater, Restoration of the Globe Theater, Rebuilding the Globe Theater
 * __Introduction__: ** T his pathfinder will be used to guide freshman students as they learn more about William Shakespeare, the Globe Theater, and the Elizabethan Age. The knowledge they gather with this research will be useful to their study of //The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet// during their freshman year and their studies of //Macbeth// and //Hamlet// d uring their junior and senior years.
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 * __Dewey Numbers__: **
 * **822.33 and Biography Section under "Shakespeare" - William Shakespeare **
 * **942.05 and Biography Section under "Elizabeth" - Queen Elizabeth **
 * **792.0942 - The Elizabethan Theater and The Globe Theater **

**__Print Resources__:

Nonfiction Books: **  **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> __Databases__: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Chambers, E.K. //The Elizabethan Stage.// Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1961. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Fox, Levi, ed. //The Shakespeare Handbook//. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1987. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Harrison, G.B. //England in Shakespeare's Day//. Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries, 1970. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Hodges, Walter. //The Globe Restored: A Study of the Elizabethan Theatre.// Brighton, Mich.: Native American Books, 1954. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Kermode, Frank. //The Age of Shakespeare//. New York: Modern Library, 2004. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Kay, Dennis. //William Shakespeare: His Life and Times.// New York: Twayne, 1995. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Levi, Peter. //The Life and Times of William Shakespeare.// New York, H. Holt, 1989. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Matus, Irvin Leigh. //Shakespeare, In Fact.// New York: Continuum, 1994. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">McMurty, Jo. //Understanding Shakespeare's England: A Companion for the American Reader.// Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1989. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Mulryne, J.R., Margaret Shewring, and Andrew Gurr, eds. //Shakespeare's Globe Rebuilt//. New York: Cambridge Universtiy Press. 1997. Print.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16.2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px;">Rowse, A.L. //Shakespeare the Man.// New York: St. Martin's Press. 1988. Print.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16.2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px;">Shapiro, James S. //A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, 1599//. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. Print.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16.2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px;">Stearns, Monroe. //Elizabeth I of England.// New York: Franklin Watts, [1970]. Print.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">Thompson, Peter. //Shakespeare's Theatre//. New York: Rutledge, 1992. Print. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">Somerset, Anne. //Elizabeth I.// New York: Random House, 1991. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">Wells, Stanley. //Shakespeare, An Illustrated Dictionary. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Print. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">// Wright, Louis B. Shakespeare's England. New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Print. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Reference Books: **
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px;">Andrews, John F., ed. // <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;">//William Shakespeare: His World, His Work, His Influence//. New York: Scibner, 1985. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Andrews, John F., ed. //Shakespeare's World and Work: An Encyclopedia for Students.// New York, Scribner's 2001. Print.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">Boyce, Charles. // <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;">//Shakespeare A to Z: the Essential Reference to His Play, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More.// New York: Facts on File, 1990. Print.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">Campbell, Oscar James, ed. //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">The Reader's Encyclopedia of Shakespeare. //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> New York: Crowell, 1966. Print. //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;">Encyclopedia Britannica. // <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;"> Encyclopedia Britannica, 2010. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;">Olsen, Kirstin. //All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World.// Westport, Conn,: Greenwood Press, 2002. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Biography Resource Center
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;">Student Resource Center Gold
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;">SIRS Knowledge Source
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;">World Book Encyclopedia

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__Internet Resources__: ** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The Folger Shakespeare Library Useful for gathering information about Shakespeare and his theater.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Shakespeare's Globe Official website of the restored Globe Theater. Contains historical information about Shakespeare and the Globe.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Clemson University's Virtual Tour of the Globe Theater A great place to go to take a virtual tour of the Globe Theater.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Description of Globe Theater Performance - Thomas Platter A firsthand account of a Globe Theater performance.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Guide to Shakespeare - Encyclopedia Britannica A great website for locating information about Shakespeare, the Elizabethan Theater, and the Globe.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Shakespeare's Theater - The British Library An excellent resource about Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theater.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">__Community Resources__: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 95%;">[|New Castle County Library]
 * **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">[|Delaware Shakespeare Festival] Catch a Shakespeare performance during the summer at Rockwood Mansion Park in Wilmington! ** **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> __Multimedia Resources__: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Cullingham, Mark, Robert Knights, and Peter Wood, dirs. //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Will Shakespeare. //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A & E Home Video, 2008. DVD.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In Search of Shakespeare. //<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">PBS Home Video, 2003. DVD.