Primary sources for Research on Early Modern Drama

As always, please let me know if you find a site that you think should have a link from this page.

Plays

Marlowe

The Perseus Digital Library

Includes complete works of Marlowe
Shakespeare
Opensource Shakespeare Includes a powerful, but easy to use search engine
Scholarly Editions of Shakespeare Excellent site for comparing various versions of the plays
Shakespeare Quartos at the British Museum Superb images of 21 plays in Quarto
Shakespeare Searched A search engine that clusters matches together by related theme
Works of the Bard Not as fancy, but still the most powerful search engine online

Non-Dramatic Texts

Bibles
Geneva Bible (1587)

Geneva Bible (1599)

The 1587 link is browsable and searchable; the 1599 provides PDF chapters.
King James Bible searchable text
Other Texts
Elizabethan E-texts strictly a list of links, but the best place to start
Furness Shakespeare Library excellent collection of facsimile editions

Now includes English Renaissance in Context

The Perseus Digital Library

extensive material on classical and renaissance periods
Renascence Editions excellent collection of type facsimile texts
Shakespeare's Globe Research Database superb site featuring the evidence on early modern theatres

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