WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE SHAKESPEARE?

Open Source Shakespeare was created to be the best free resource for scholars, thespians, and Shakespeare lovers. It will not replace the expensive, subscription-only sites at libraries or research institutions -- though many features are comparable.

Power. The advanced search will pinpoint the passages you're seeking.

Flexibility. The features are designed to accomodate multiple ways of searching and viewing the text.

Friendliness. You need not have a degree in computer science to find this site useful, as it's designed to be easily understood and navigated.

Openness. You can download the code and the database that runs this site, and use them in your non-commercial project as you see fit. As long as you link to Open Source Shakespeare on your site (if you post your project to the Web), you're welcome to use any or all of the OSS.

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William Shakespeare
1564-1616

SITE NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

>> Feb. 6: ALL WORKS NOW AVAILABLE

>> Feb. 3: All sonnets now available.

>> Jan. 20: New play views added; user comments added.

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READ AND SEARCH THE COMPLETE WORKS

Here are a few popular plays, but you can read all of the plays or poetry by following the links below.

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Twelfth Night
Romeo and Juliet
Henry V
King Lear
As You Like It
Macbeth

List all the plays
  alphabetically
  by genre
  by date
  by number of lines
Poems
Sonnets

USE THE TOOLS

Search the texts with ease, or use the concordance to research Shakespeare's word usage.

Advanced search
Concordance

GET INFORMATION

History of this site
Technical details
Links to Shakespeare sites

E-mail the management at oss@bernini-communications.com
if you have any questions, comments, complaints, idle threats, or aspersions to cast.