The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the life and legacy of William Shakespeare, an English poet, playwright, and actor who lived during the 17th century. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".

• Shakespeare bibliography
• Chronology of Shakespeare's plays
• William Shakespeare's collaborations
• Complete Works of Shakespeare
• Early texts of Shakespeare's works
• Shakespeare's late romances
• Shakespeare plays in quarto
• Shakespearean problem play
• Translations of works by William Shakespeare
• Shakespearean characters
  • List of Shakespearean characters (A–K)
  • List of Shakespearean characters (L–Z)
  • List of historical figures dramatised by Shakespeare
  • Women in Shakespeare's works

• Shakespeare's editors
• Shakespeare attribution studies
• Shakespeare authorship question
• Shakespeare's writing style

• Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare)
• Shakespeare's Birthplace
• Shakespeare garden
• Shakespeare's Globe
• Shakespeare's handwriting
• Shakespeare in performance
• Portraits of Shakespeare
• Religious views of William Shakespeare
• Shakespeare's reputation
• Sexuality of William Shakespeare
• Spelling of Shakespeare's name
• Stratford-upon-Avon
• Shakespeare's will

Shakespeare's influence – in addition to his works, Shakespeare's legacy includes the ongoing performance of his plays, and his influence upon culture and the arts, extending from theatre and literature to present-day movies and the English language itself.

• Category:Adaptations of works by William Shakespeare
• List of titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases
• Cultural references to Hamlet
• Cultural references to Ophelia
• Cultural references to Othello

• Outline of literature
• Outline of poetry
• Outline of theatre

• Internet Shakespeare Editions, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• "All Shakespeare's works", Folger Shakespeare Library
• Open Source Shakespeare complete works, with search engine and concordance
• First Four Folios Archived 12 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine at Miami University Library, digital collection
• The Shakespeare Quartos Archive
• Shakespeare's sonnets, poems, and texts at Poets.org
• Shakespeare's Words the online version of the best-selling glossary and language companion
• Shakespeare and Music
• Shakespeare's Will from The National Archives
• Works by William Shakespeare set to music: free scores in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
• William Shakespeare at IMDb
• Works by William Shakespeare at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about William Shakespeare at Internet Archive
• Works by William Shakespeare at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Discovering Literature: Shakespeare at the British Library