Based on Brockett's History of the Theatre. This personal site attempts to identify women in all aspects of the theatre, from medieval days to the present, with short bios and lists of their works. A good beginning research point. A rapidly expanding Digital Library from Tufts with a plentiful collection of Greek playtexts and other classical resources. The site also contains full-text versions of Christopher Marlowe's work, an edition of Shakespeare's First Folio, and source material on the history and founding of London.
Atlases identify places mentioned in the collection of online texts.
This Toronto-based scholarly group tracks down the texts and traditions out of which the drama of Shakespeare grew. Includes a discussion group, texts of early English plays, and a link to the site for the journal Early Theatre , which has abstracts of its published articles. Includes a bibliography of useful book titles. An online illustrated textbook which describes in detail what life was like during Shakespeare's time. A well-organized and categorized set of links to reliable sites on various facets of medieval drama, dance and song.