Shakespeare Online
Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"
Read the complete text of Shakespeare's comedy, "Much Ado About Nothing."
Rice University
Rice University: Mandragola
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides a description of Machiavelli's classical comedy, Mandragola. Links are provided for additional information and this is a great site to check out.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms a E
The first of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, A - E, covers forty-four terms from "Allegory" to "Exposition."
University of Hawai'i
Poetics: Book V
This is a clear summary of Aristotle's major point about comedy.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Billy and the Big Stick" by Richard Harding Davis
This is the text of the short story "Billy and the Big Stick" by Richard Harding Davis, a well-paced comedy with a far-fetched plot that's all too plausible.
Emory University
Emory University: "As You Like It"
Clickable list of paintings inspired by scenes in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" with text.
Emory University
Emory University: Much Ado About Nothing
This site from the Emory University provides a link to an illustration from Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing."
Other
Abwag: Learn About Acting
Student awareness and appreciation of acting will be enhanced after discovering the tricks of the trade. They will learn how to act, feel and think in an acting environment.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Laurel and Hardy
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1991 to commemorate Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. With a short passage on their contributions to both silent films and comedies.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing
This site provides links to lesson plans, study guides, and other teaching resources for William Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing."
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Midsummer Nights Dream Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart Activotes are used to help students recall identities of major characters, quotes, and literary terms in Shakespearean play, Midsummer Night's Dream.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Congreve and the Comedy of Manners
This page from Bartelby.com provides a scholarly discussion of William Congreve's introduction of the comedy of manners in the 18th century.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Classical Comedy
This resource speaks of classical comedy mostly in reference to William Shakespeare. It tells of what Shakespeare probably studied in Grammar School, and the source for his play, Comedy of Errors.