Shakespeare goes digital »
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A U.S. and British library plan to reproduce online all 75 editions of William Shakespeare's plays printed in the quarto format before the year 1641.
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STONERS
March 26, 2008, 9:28 a.m."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."
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Nowalive
March 26, 2008, 10:01 a.m.This is awesome. I would love to see the variations from printing to printing. Nice find Stoners!
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texangelwings
March 26, 2008, 10:04 a.m.This is good news! Shakespeare's writings should be available to everyone!
Thanks STONERS!
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Spadecaller
March 26, 2008, 10:07 a.m.The plays of Shakespeare were written to be performed for everyone. This is a worthwhile undertaking. Thanks for posting the story.
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dunkirk
March 26, 2008, 10:24 a.m.Good article. This is a good example of what digital technology can do and the use of the internet in spreading that.
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ZiegfeldGirl
March 26, 2008, 12:03 p.m.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.
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humemacdonald
March 27, 2008, 1:58 a.m.Here is one I like
Brutus:
There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.
Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3, 218รข;;224
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rdy2rck
March 26, 2008, 12:16 p.m.Any attempt at preserving any type of art for future generations especially preserving the attempt at what they intended is well worth it.
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getreal1
March 27, 2008, 9:10 a.m.Shakespeare was hard to study when I was in school. The easiest way to understand it was, when Richard Burton started making the plays, and Romeo and Juliette.
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