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Shakespeare in literature - music (operas, musicals, songs etc.), ballet - film - paintings, sculpture - architecture - Shakespeare as a popular icon - Shakespeare and pornography - Shakespeare in different countries - tourism - sites and metasites on the net - biographies and authorship debates - Shakespeare in the classroom - Just For Fun

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Adaptations and Uses of Shakespeare
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critical texts:

Shakespeare in the Age of Visual Culture: digital media, printed images, film, stage: introduction, bibliography. [http://www.folger.edu/institute/visual/intro.htm] (Jan. 2002)

Burt, Richard. Introduction to Essays in Cultural Criticism (New York: Palgrave, 2001):
To e- or not to e-? Disposing of Shakespeare in the Age of Digital Media [http://www.richardburt.com/blackwellintrorevised.htm]

Burt, Richard and Folkert, Wes.
Electronic Guide to Shakespeare in Mass Media (with search engine).

Ellen-Amster, Sarah.
Shakespeare vs. Teletubbies: Is there a Role for Popular Culture in the Classroom? Harvard Education Letter July/Aug. 2000 [http://www.adams5th.com/journalism.htm] (Jan. 2002)

Engler, Balz. "Wallfahrt zum Ort des Dichterkults" (Basler Zeitung, Nov. 2001)
article on this site.

Hopkins, Lisa.
Cultural Shakespeare: Essays in the Shakespeare Myth, pp. 287-288, in: Notes and Queries, vol. 49, issue 2002, pdf-file. [http://www3.oup.co.uk/notesj/hdb/Volume_49/Issue_02/] (June 2002)

Pfister, Manfred. "In states unborn and accents yet unknown": Shakespeare and the European Canon. (on this site)

Ridden, Geoff.
"Carry This Island Home in His Pocket": Buying and Selling Shakespeare. Shaksper webpage: [http://ws.bowiestate.edu/archives/files/carry.home.html]


gifts, commodities etc.

Shakespearefans: ZDF sucht Kandidatinnen / Kandidaten für RISIKO (Nov. 2001)

Celebriducks:
Buy a Shakespeare duck. [http://celebriducks.com/shakespeare/] (April 2001)

Baby Shakespeare, puppets [http://www.legendsandlore.com/beshakes.html] (May 2001)
Baby Shakespeare
video (ages 1-4), Amazon.

Send any
Shakespearean Sonnet as a greeting card: Blue Mountain Art's William Shakespeare Page. [http://www.bluemountain.com/eng/shakespeare/index.html] (last visit: 21/3/00)

Posters:
one play on one page [http://www.classicaltheatre.com/] (May 2002)

Greeting Cards with humorous messages from Shakespeare and medieval motifs. [http://www.sealingwax.com/category_view?style=Shakespeare]

Poor Yorick - Shakespeare Multimedia Catalogue (Stratford, Ontario) [http://www.bardcentral.com/entrance.html]

Shakespeare Gifts from Shakespeare to Pantomime [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ideafac/]

Presents in Mind, Stratford-upon-Avon [http://www.presentsinmind.co.uk/]

The 10
Best Love Offerings of all times [http://www.abcdating.co.uk/offers.htm]

Bard-related gifts, stories, reviews etc. [http://www.bardolatry.com/]

Order Busts of Shakespeare Gifts of the Bard - Elegant. Unique. Affordable: [http://www.shakespirit.com/index.html]

ShakesBeer Online Pub News [http://users.classicfm.net/shakesbeer/INFNEWS.HTML]

Shakespeare's Pizza. Downtown Columbia, Missouri. [http://www.shakespeares.com/index1.html] (Jan. 2002)

Shakespeare Vodka Taste the poetry! [http://www.majesticdistilling.com/vodka07.html] (Oct. 2002)

Shakespeare on
T-shirts [http://www.sunclothes.com/]

Formerly worn by Shakespeare T-Shirts. "a tremendous success here in the US." [http://www.formerlywornby.com/shake.htm]

Talking to William Shakespeare. Ask your own questions or browse earlier answers: "Are you [...] curious about Anne Hathaway? Or are you fascinated by his plays? Does Hamlet really go mad? The answers are written by leading experts on Shakespeare, creating an unrivalled online archive..." [http://www.talkingto.co.uk/ttws/index.asp] (April 2002)

The Shakespeare Trading Company Cigarette Cards, Post Cards etc. [http://www.shakespearetrading.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm]

William Shakespeare Dartclub, Sweden [http://welcome.to/wsdc]

Shakespeare in Hell (heavy metal band) [http://www.shakespeareinhell.com/]

Wedding Theme Antony and Cleopatra (101 wedding tips) [http://www.101weddingtips.com/theme_WEDD0003.htm] (Jan. 2002)

Hamlet - The Text Adventure by Robin Johnson. An online computer game. Larry as Hamlet - special guests: Desdemona, Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, Banquo and Richard III. Who really killed Hamlet's dad? What does King Richard III want with a horse anyway? And where did the gravedigger get that gorgeous pink dress? Avenge your father, defeat your evil uncle and ascend the throne of Denmark in William Shakespeare's long undiscovered text adventure. Great fun! [http://www.robinjohnson.f9.co.uk/adventure/hamlet.html] (Aug. 04)

The Shakespeare Rummy Deck, postcards etc. by Hannah Tomkins The Shakespeare Art Collection Catalogue [http://shakespeare-art-museum.com/Catalog.html] (July 2005)

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