"There are no surviving manuscripts of Shakespeare's plays in his handwriting so the quartos are the closest we can get to what Shakespeare really wanted," said Bodleian spokeswoman Oana Romocea."

"Some quartos do, however, have his annotations around the printed text."

"The project is designed to make all of the earliest printed versions of Shakespeare's plays, many of which are only accessible to scholars, available to the wider public."

This is good news! Shakespeare's writings should be available to everyone!

Thanks STONERS!

Good article. This is a good example of what digital technology can do and the use of the internet in spreading that.

One of my (many) favorite bits of Shakespeare:

Romeo: If I profane with my unworthiest hand

This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:

My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand

To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,

Which mannerly devotion shows in this;

For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,

And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.

Any attempt at preserving any type of art for future generations especially preserving the attempt at what they intended is well worth it.

Very cool thanks for the heads up stoners!

digital technology can do anything, I knew

You probably couldn't read so how can you tell?

Great news. Thank you for sharing with us.