Shakespeare-Related Materials

Vocabulary Word Quizzes:

Act 1: http://www.qsl.net/kb4rpv/act1-amnd.htm

Act 2: http://www.qsl.net/kb4rpv/act2-amnd.htm

Act 3: http://www.qsl.net/kb4rpv/act3-amnd.htm

Acts 4 & 5: http://www.qsl.net/kb4rpv/act4-amnd.htm

Possible Research Paper Topics: http://www.qsl.net/kb4rpv/mids-rp.htm

Shakespeare’s Work and Folklore:

M. T. Clark’s summary of the play’s story and of Shakespeare’s life: http://www.qsl.net/kb4rpv/midsum.htm

The Modern Globe Theatre (3rd Globe Theatre): http://www.shakespearesglobe.com

Reconstruction of 2nd Globe Theatre (Architectural PowerPoint Presentation): http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/3567/3/fitzpatrick_TF%2BRE%20RECONSTRUCTING%20HOLLAR%27S%20GLOBE.ppt

History of the play: http://www.qsl.net/kb4rpv/mid-hist.htm

Shakespeare’s fairies: http://www.qsl.net/kb4rpv/fairies.htm

British Goblins (1880): http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakefield/history/34704-h/34704-h.htm

Classification of Welsh Fairies: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/wfl/wfl02.htm

“The Pwca of the Trwyn”: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/wfb/wfb67.htm

“Shakespeare’s Cave” blog: http://shakespeares-welsh-cave.blogspot.com/2008/03/shakespeares-caves.html

Photos of “Shakespeare’s Cave”: http://www.ogof.org.uk/shakespears_cave.html

More photos of “Shakespeare’s Cave” and surrounding caves: http://www.cavinguk.co.uk/chrisGallery/clydach02_11_2003/

Cwm Pwca in Clydach Vale (1893 photo): http://www.francisfrith.com/clydach,gwent/photos/the-wells-1893_32605

Various Related Links on Wikipedia:

Shakespeare: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare

Globe Theatre: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre

Queen Elizabeth I: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England

King James I: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_I_of_England

(also see Authorized King James Version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorized_King_James_Version)

Puck: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Goodfellow

Pooka/Puca: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooka

Clydach Vale (its old name was Cwm Pwca/Puck's valley -- a local legend says that Shakespeare knew a family in Aberclydach, and he wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream here): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydach_Vale

Updated 15 March 2011 by M. T. Clark