English Literature->Drama->Theater&Film
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This site is good to research how productions in Japan are like. "Shakespeare in Japan" is a project part of the larger product of "Shakespeare in Asia," which is supported by the Australia Research Council. This project is aimed to produce a performance description useful to both Japanese and non-Japanese users alike. This multimedia project is not made by only Japanese, but by a collaboration of the experts from Japanese and other English-speaking countries. The authors of this work are Ryuta Minami (Dept. English at Kobe City Univ.), Ian Carruthers (Dept. Theatre and Drama at La Trobe Univ.) and John Gillies (Dept. Theatre and Drama at La Trobe Univ.). Also, the members in this project, "Shakespeare in Japan," include Ian Carruthers (team leader and Japan coordinator), John Gillies (China coordinator), Dennis Bartholomeusz (India coordinator), and Harry Aveling (Indonesia coordinator).

In the front page of this site, there is a menu with seven categories.
-"Introduction" describes the project and its members. The contents above is from this category.
-"School version", "bar version" and "mask version", which are located in the left side out of the seven categories, are the main contents. The main play through the three categories is Shakspeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. In these sections, you can see the picture of the real production in Japan in three different versions, which are school, bar, and mask. "School" and "bar" indicate the background of each production and "mask (masks & stylizaion)" represents the style of the play. Each section can be connected to each other in the same scene. Below the description, there are links to the other versions. You can compare other versions directly with this function.
In each section, you can see the picture of the production with the original lines and very detailed description about it. The description explains the situation of the scene and even the lighting, dresses, and acting of the actor and actress.
-"Glossary" explains each meaningful word in detail. While browsing the scenes in the three sections, you can also get to this glossary directly by clicking the word.
-"Help" has an introduction to this site. If you feel confused in using this site, this section will help you.
-"Quit" is a kind of curtain call. With the message, "Thank you for using this presentation," this page introduces the authors and design team members of these works and gives more links for more information.

URL : http://sia.stanford.edu/japan/HOMEPAGE.HTM

Keyword(s) : drama, shakespeare, asia,  japan

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Professor Huang is teaching Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University. Huang is now teaching in USA, but because he is Chinese-American and also many contents of this site are related to Asian studies, this site has been categorized into Asia section, here.

This site has very useful links for studying not only about Shakespeare, but also about film, literary theory, Asian studies, and so on.

Among the menu in the main page, "Resources" section can be used for studying Shakespeare(the link here is connected to this "Resources" section directly). In this section, there are small categories, which are "Resources for Students," "Germanistik," "Literary Theory," "Shakespeare Studies," "Renaissance Studies," "Writing Guides," "Performance and Film Studies," "Chinese Studies," "Postcolonial Studies-Taiwan Studies," "East Asian Studies," "Academic Careers," "Prizes & Competitions," "Libraries Around the World(including some libraries about Shakespeare), "Pedagogical Resources," "Professional Organizations(including MLA site)," "Technology for the Classroom," "Multilingual Computing," and "Web Developers."

The links in each category show only the name of the site, so there are no explanation about it, but the good point here is that you can find these all links in a one page by only using the scroll bar.

URL : http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/a/c/ach13/resources.htm#Shax

Keyword(s) : drama, shakespeare, asia, home page

English Literature->Drama->Theater&Film
English Literature->Drama->By period->English renaissance(1500-1640)
General Resources->Art Galleries/Museums

The Bell Shakespeare Company is Australia's national touring Shakespeare theatre company. They manage both productions and educational programs to Australian audiences.

In works of producing, this company had 43 stages across the country in 2006 and in 2007, it has a plan to have more stages with over 100 members. Furtherare Macbeth, Othello and The Government Inspector. If you click "2007 Season," on the menu, you can find more information of these productions.

In the section of "Education" this site provides additional webpages for only education. In this webpage, there are some lists of plays, such as Macbeth or Othello, which were performed by this company. Each section of the play shows some information on the production, bookings, synopsis, and cast. In short, through this page, the company gives information on their productions to their audiences. It is good for audience to check the schedule and research about productions.

In the menu, there is also a list of workshops, such as Macbeth Mania, student and teacher workshops.

The most interesting section in this educational page is "Resources". In this section, you can get chronological records of performances by this company. There are lists of casting, pictures, programme notes, reviews and synopsis of each past production.

In the section of "Newsletter", you can get information about this company's events, and in the "Links" section, you can find links to other websites about Shakspeare, with brief explanations.

URL : http://www.bellshakespeare.com.au/

Keyword(s) : drama, australia,  shakespeare, theater

English Literature->Conferences
English Literature->Drama->Theater&Film
English Literature->Drama->By period->English renaissance(1500-1640)

This is the annual Chinese Universities Shakespeare Festival homepage in HongKong. This idea was first suggested by Dr. Liu with many scholars who were contributing to enrich the network of friendship and cooperation among neighboring departments. Since the first festival was held in 2005, this festival has been held with hope of being an opportunity to combine Chinese and Western cultures and to encourage students' studies in English language and literature and their creative abilities by producting dramas.

This site gives some information about their past festivals, with schedules and flash-pictures. Of course, current festivals are treated more importantly. The section of "Current Festival" provides the schedule of events in a year for the first, and then, some information on their seminars, the festival application, and about advisors and adjudicators of this festival.

This site also provides seven links to other sites which are "Department of English (in Chinese Univ.)," "Office of Art Administrator (in Chinese Univ.)," "The Chinese University of Hong Kong," "Royal Shakespeare Company," "Shakespeare's Globe Theatre," "Bell Shakespeare Company," and "Great Books Index."

Overall, because of its design, which represents their idea of fusion between Eastern and Western cultures, this site gives a fresh impression and so it attracts users' interest more. It is updated whenever there are some events, and you can see its latest news on the front page easily.

URL : http://ihome.cuhk.edu.hk/~b111149/

Keyword(s) : drama, shakespeare, festival, art

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This site provides the information of The Globe Theatre, categorizing into Events / Education / Exhibition / Theatre / Publication / Globe shop.
You can be informed of all the information concerning the Globe such as the schedule of performances, various special programs (Globe Tour or Education), and the stage history. This site has the Globe's online ticket office as well as online shop. Besides, you can also see a few published materials of the Globe.

[Publications]
* Around the Globe : Shakespeare's Globe magazine, published three times a year. Read extracts, subscribe or buy back issues online.
* Play : Commemorative Book. A large-format book produced to celebrate the first five years of performance at Shakespeare's Globe. Available to buy online.
* Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition Guidebook : A guide to Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition, including detailed information on the reconstruction of the theatre. Available to buy online.
* Globe Quartos : Plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries are returned to print. Available to buy online.
* Earth has not any thing to shew more fair : A book of 37 sonnets specially commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe.

In particular, it provides the magazine of Shakespeare's Globe, "Around the Globe" issued by itself. You can read the articles from 1996 issues to the latest ones. Their contents are about some academic anaysis of Shakespeare as well as some projects in Globe. But it is updated until Spring 2004 one right now.

URL : http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/

Keyword(s) : drama, shakespeare, theatre, globe, performance, stage, company, magazine