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Welcome to the Open Shakespeare web interface. This site provides access to many, but by no means all, of the facilities of the Open Shakespeare package. For example you can:

More information on using this web interface can be found in the guide.

Why Open Shakespeare

If you type 'Shakespeare' into Google you find thousands of websites why do we need another? First off, unlike most other sites, everything you find here is open – that is you're free to use, reuse, and redistribute it without any need to seek permission.

However, more importantly, this website is only a small part of what we're about. It serves to demonstrate what you can do with the Open Shakespeare package – a set of material and tools for exploring Shakespeare's life and work. The website demonstrates a few of the ways in which the Open Shakespeare package can be used. We actively encourage you to take and modify it to do things we haven't yet done – or even thought of! Some suggestions: