Shakespeare Hack 9.0.3 + Redeem Codes
As featured in The NY Times!
Developer: PlayShakespeare.com
Category: Education
Price: Free
Version: 9.0.3
ID: com.readdle.Shakespeare
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Description
“It’s really great!”
—Kenneth Branagh, actor and director
“‘The app’s the thing.’ Hamlet was almost right. Great to see Shakespeare Pro superplaying with Shakespeare’s plays.”
—David Crystal, linguist and author of Shakespeare's Words
“The Shakespeare Pro app is simply terrific and filled with loads of wonderful information!”
—Ken Ludwig, Tony and Olivier Award Winning Playwright
Shakespeare Pro® includes the complete works of Shakespeare (41 plays, 154 sonnets and 6 poems, including apocrypha) and search the concordance to find the exact word or phrase you’re looking for (with “relaxed” searching to find words close to your search term).
Shakespeare Pro is packed with these impressive features:
••• QUALITY TEXTS are a top priority and our team spent years compiling and editing the best references available. In the updated editions, the text is even more clear and each individual character is uniquely identified.
••• FIRST FOLIOS AND QUARTOS in original spelling show the works as they were originally published in Shakespeare’s time.
••• AN INTEGRATED GLOSSARY, based on the bestselling lexicon by David & Ben Crystal, Shakespeare’s Words™ is included. Simply tapping on a word will display its definition in context (not just a general definition).
••• ADD YOUR OWN NOTES AND SHARE THEM with your students, classmates, friends, and colleagues. Organize your notes into notebooks for use in the classroom, theatre, or just to remember key facts. Then share them via email or AirDrop.
••• POWER SEARCH THE WORKS by customizing multiple parameters like gender, genre, work, language, line form, soliloquies, and more.
••• CUSTOMIZE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE by choosing from a variety of color themes, change the font family and size, display long or short character names, jump around to different scenes, and view line numbers (*read the note below about line numbering).
••• BOOKMARK YOUR FAVORITE PARTS in addition to remembering the last page you viewed. Even copy/paste that great line.
••• DETAILED SCENE BREAKDOWNS give you an overview of the scenes within each play, their locations, and the characters present in each.
••• CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS help you better understand the actions and motivations of every character—all 1,155 of them.
••• MODERN TRANSLATIONS and lexicons to help you better understand Elizabethan English (extra add-ons).
••• GET THE FACTS by reading up on Shakespeare’s life, view data and chronology about his works, and an overview of scansion terminology or rhetoric. Character Arc Visualizers show individual character arcs or allow for comparison of multiple characters.
••• SHAKE YOUR DEVICE for Shakespeare himself to display a random memorable quote or insult. Or get a new random quote every day.
••• BROWSE THE GALLERY of famous Shakespeare portraits.
••• TEACHER CURRICULUM makes it easy for teachers to introduce students to Shakespeare's works.
••• COMPLETE APOCRYPHA is the most comprehensive breakdown of 14 plays Shakespeare may have had a hand in.
••• BARDFIND™ is the easiest way to find a Shakespeare theatre or venue anywhere in the world.
These are just a few highlights of the great things in Shakespeare Pro. If you’re a student, professor, actor, or just plain love the Bard, this must-have app ensures you have the complete works at your fingertips.
Like the new features? Having trouble and need support? Let us know at [email protected] or at http://support.playshakespeare.com.
—Kenneth Branagh, actor and director
“‘The app’s the thing.’ Hamlet was almost right. Great to see Shakespeare Pro superplaying with Shakespeare’s plays.”
—David Crystal, linguist and author of Shakespeare's Words
“The Shakespeare Pro app is simply terrific and filled with loads of wonderful information!”
—Ken Ludwig, Tony and Olivier Award Winning Playwright
Shakespeare Pro® includes the complete works of Shakespeare (41 plays, 154 sonnets and 6 poems, including apocrypha) and search the concordance to find the exact word or phrase you’re looking for (with “relaxed” searching to find words close to your search term).
Shakespeare Pro is packed with these impressive features:
••• QUALITY TEXTS are a top priority and our team spent years compiling and editing the best references available. In the updated editions, the text is even more clear and each individual character is uniquely identified.
••• FIRST FOLIOS AND QUARTOS in original spelling show the works as they were originally published in Shakespeare’s time.
••• AN INTEGRATED GLOSSARY, based on the bestselling lexicon by David & Ben Crystal, Shakespeare’s Words™ is included. Simply tapping on a word will display its definition in context (not just a general definition).
••• ADD YOUR OWN NOTES AND SHARE THEM with your students, classmates, friends, and colleagues. Organize your notes into notebooks for use in the classroom, theatre, or just to remember key facts. Then share them via email or AirDrop.
••• POWER SEARCH THE WORKS by customizing multiple parameters like gender, genre, work, language, line form, soliloquies, and more.
••• CUSTOMIZE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE by choosing from a variety of color themes, change the font family and size, display long or short character names, jump around to different scenes, and view line numbers (*read the note below about line numbering).
••• BOOKMARK YOUR FAVORITE PARTS in addition to remembering the last page you viewed. Even copy/paste that great line.
••• DETAILED SCENE BREAKDOWNS give you an overview of the scenes within each play, their locations, and the characters present in each.
••• CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS help you better understand the actions and motivations of every character—all 1,155 of them.
••• MODERN TRANSLATIONS and lexicons to help you better understand Elizabethan English (extra add-ons).
••• GET THE FACTS by reading up on Shakespeare’s life, view data and chronology about his works, and an overview of scansion terminology or rhetoric. Character Arc Visualizers show individual character arcs or allow for comparison of multiple characters.
••• SHAKE YOUR DEVICE for Shakespeare himself to display a random memorable quote or insult. Or get a new random quote every day.
••• BROWSE THE GALLERY of famous Shakespeare portraits.
••• TEACHER CURRICULUM makes it easy for teachers to introduce students to Shakespeare's works.
••• COMPLETE APOCRYPHA is the most comprehensive breakdown of 14 plays Shakespeare may have had a hand in.
••• BARDFIND™ is the easiest way to find a Shakespeare theatre or venue anywhere in the world.
These are just a few highlights of the great things in Shakespeare Pro. If you’re a student, professor, actor, or just plain love the Bard, this must-have app ensures you have the complete works at your fingertips.
Like the new features? Having trouble and need support? Let us know at [email protected] or at http://support.playshakespeare.com.
Version history
9.0.3
2023-07-30
Over 20 million downloads!
Hello Shakespeare fans! To celebrate 15 years of being the best Shakespeare app on the App Store, this is the biggest update we've done in a while—and it's a doozy.
• NEW! 14 new apocrypha plays (which Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing), including breakdowns, analysis, and detailed descriptions of each. Also included are Third Folio and quarto editions of these plays. (Add-on)
• NEW! "Shakespeare for Kids" curriculum for teachers containing 36 activities for children grades 1-5 (Add-on)
• NEW! Newly redesigned Play Breakdown sections give you an easy way to see every detail at a glance.
• NEW! Newly redesigned Dramatis Personae provides extensive details about every character.
• NEW! Customize your Home Screen all new beautiful "woodblock" style images that are AI generated
• NEW! In addition to the First Folio, the following quartos are now included for deeper study: Henry IV, Pt. 1 (Q1), Henry IV, Pt. 2 (Q1), Henry V (Q1), Love's Labour's Lost (Q1), The Merchant of Venice (Q1), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Q1), Much Ado About Nothing (Q1), Romeo & Juliet (Q2), The Taming of A Shrew (Q1), Titus Andronicus (Q2), Troilus & Cressida (Q1) (Pro)
• NEW! Easier text highlighting — just select text and tap "Highlight" (Pro)
• NEW! Customize your home screen to change the order plays to the First Folio order
• NEW! Advanced search now includes searching types of shared lines (initial, medial, final) (Pro)
• NEW! Character statistics like longest speeches and number of asides (Pro)
• NEW! Edith Nesbit's book "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare" is now included
• NEW! Mary Macleod's book "The Shakespeare Story-Book" is now included
• NEW! Character Arc Visualizer now shows aggregate statistics for play genres and character genders (Pro)
• NEW! Add Quote of the Day to your lock screen
• NEW! Dictate your notes
• All editions are editable in Scriptigo, our companion script app
• All new editions are searchable (use modern spelling to search original spelling editions too!)
• Improvements to printing, search, and dark mode
• General bugs and usability improvements
There are many other updates, too many to list, including suggestions from you! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need help.
This will be the last version to support iOS version 14 so please update your devices.
Hello Shakespeare fans! To celebrate 15 years of being the best Shakespeare app on the App Store, this is the biggest update we've done in a while—and it's a doozy.
• NEW! 14 new apocrypha plays (which Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing), including breakdowns, analysis, and detailed descriptions of each. Also included are Third Folio and quarto editions of these plays. (Add-on)
• NEW! "Shakespeare for Kids" curriculum for teachers containing 36 activities for children grades 1-5 (Add-on)
• NEW! Newly redesigned Play Breakdown sections give you an easy way to see every detail at a glance.
• NEW! Newly redesigned Dramatis Personae provides extensive details about every character.
• NEW! Customize your Home Screen all new beautiful "woodblock" style images that are AI generated
• NEW! In addition to the First Folio, the following quartos are now included for deeper study: Henry IV, Pt. 1 (Q1), Henry IV, Pt. 2 (Q1), Henry V (Q1), Love's Labour's Lost (Q1), The Merchant of Venice (Q1), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Q1), Much Ado About Nothing (Q1), Romeo & Juliet (Q2), The Taming of A Shrew (Q1), Titus Andronicus (Q2), Troilus & Cressida (Q1) (Pro)
• NEW! Easier text highlighting — just select text and tap "Highlight" (Pro)
• NEW! Customize your home screen to change the order plays to the First Folio order
• NEW! Advanced search now includes searching types of shared lines (initial, medial, final) (Pro)
• NEW! Character statistics like longest speeches and number of asides (Pro)
• NEW! Edith Nesbit's book "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare" is now included
• NEW! Mary Macleod's book "The Shakespeare Story-Book" is now included
• NEW! Character Arc Visualizer now shows aggregate statistics for play genres and character genders (Pro)
• NEW! Add Quote of the Day to your lock screen
• NEW! Dictate your notes
• All editions are editable in Scriptigo, our companion script app
• All new editions are searchable (use modern spelling to search original spelling editions too!)
• Improvements to printing, search, and dark mode
• General bugs and usability improvements
There are many other updates, too many to list, including suggestions from you! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need help.
This will be the last version to support iOS version 14 so please update your devices.
9.0.2
2023-06-20
Over 20 million downloads!
Hello Shakespeare fans! To celebrate 15 years of being the best Shakespeare app on the App Store, this is the biggest update we've done in a while—and it's a doozy.
• NEW! 14 new apocrypha plays (which Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing), including breakdowns, analysis, and detailed descriptions of each. Also included are Third Folio and quarto editions of these plays. (Add-on)
• NEW! "Shakespeare for Kids" curriculum for teachers containing 36 activities for children grades 1-5 (Add-on)
• NEW! Newly redesigned Play Breakdown sections give you an easy way to see every detail at a glance.
• NEW! Newly redesigned Dramatis Personae provides extensive details about every character.
• NEW! Customize your Home Screen all new beautiful "woodblock" style images that are AI generated
• NEW! In addition to the First Folio, the following quartos are now included for deeper study: Henry IV, Pt. 1 (Q1), Henry IV, Pt. 2 (Q1), Henry V (Q1), Love's Labour's Lost (Q1), The Merchant of Venice (Q1), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Q1), Much Ado About Nothing (Q1), Romeo & Juliet (Q2), The Taming of A Shrew (Q1), Titus Andronicus (Q2), Troilus & Cressida (Q1) (Pro)
• NEW! Easier text highlighting — just select text and tap "Highlight" (Pro)
• NEW! Customize your home screen to change the order plays to the First Folio order
• NEW! Advanced search now includes searching types of shared lines (initial, medial, final) (Pro)
• NEW! Character statistics like longest speeches and number of asides (Pro)
• NEW! Edith Nesbit's book "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare" is now included
• NEW! Mary Macleod's book "The Shakespeare Story-Book" is now included
• NEW! Character Arc Visualizer now shows aggregate statistics for play genres and character genders (Pro)
• NEW! Add Quote of the Day to your lock screen
• NEW! Dictate your notes
• All editions are editable in Scriptigo, our companion script app
• All new editions are searchable (use modern spelling to search original spelling editions too!)
• Improvements to printing, search, and dark mode
• General bugs and usability improvements
There are many other updates, too many to list, including suggestions from you! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need help.
This will be the last version to support iOS version 14 so please update your devices.
Hello Shakespeare fans! To celebrate 15 years of being the best Shakespeare app on the App Store, this is the biggest update we've done in a while—and it's a doozy.
• NEW! 14 new apocrypha plays (which Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing), including breakdowns, analysis, and detailed descriptions of each. Also included are Third Folio and quarto editions of these plays. (Add-on)
• NEW! "Shakespeare for Kids" curriculum for teachers containing 36 activities for children grades 1-5 (Add-on)
• NEW! Newly redesigned Play Breakdown sections give you an easy way to see every detail at a glance.
• NEW! Newly redesigned Dramatis Personae provides extensive details about every character.
• NEW! Customize your Home Screen all new beautiful "woodblock" style images that are AI generated
• NEW! In addition to the First Folio, the following quartos are now included for deeper study: Henry IV, Pt. 1 (Q1), Henry IV, Pt. 2 (Q1), Henry V (Q1), Love's Labour's Lost (Q1), The Merchant of Venice (Q1), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Q1), Much Ado About Nothing (Q1), Romeo & Juliet (Q2), The Taming of A Shrew (Q1), Titus Andronicus (Q2), Troilus & Cressida (Q1) (Pro)
• NEW! Easier text highlighting — just select text and tap "Highlight" (Pro)
• NEW! Customize your home screen to change the order plays to the First Folio order
• NEW! Advanced search now includes searching types of shared lines (initial, medial, final) (Pro)
• NEW! Character statistics like longest speeches and number of asides (Pro)
• NEW! Edith Nesbit's book "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare" is now included
• NEW! Mary Macleod's book "The Shakespeare Story-Book" is now included
• NEW! Character Arc Visualizer now shows aggregate statistics for play genres and character genders (Pro)
• NEW! Add Quote of the Day to your lock screen
• NEW! Dictate your notes
• All editions are editable in Scriptigo, our companion script app
• All new editions are searchable (use modern spelling to search original spelling editions too!)
• Improvements to printing, search, and dark mode
• General bugs and usability improvements
There are many other updates, too many to list, including suggestions from you! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need help.
This will be the last version to support iOS version 14 so please update your devices.
9.0.1
2023-06-13
Hello Shakespeare fans! To celebrate 15 years of being the best Shakespeare app on the App Store, this is the biggest update we've done in a while—and it's a doozy.
• NEW! 14 new apocrypha plays (which Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing), including breakdowns, analysis, and detailed descriptions of each. Also included are Third Folio and quarto editions of these plays. (Add-on)
• NEW! "Shakespeare for Kids" curriculum for teachers containing 36 activities for children grades 1-5 (Add-on)
• NEW! Newly redesigned Play Breakdown sections give you an easy way to see every detail at a glance.
• NEW! Newly redesigned Dramatis Personae provides extensive details about every character.
• NEW! Customize your Home Screen all new beautiful "woodblock" style images that are AI generated
• NEW! In addition to the First Folio, the following quartos are now included for deeper study: Henry IV, Pt. 1 (Q1), Henry IV, Pt. 2 (Q1), Henry V (Q1), Love's Labour's Lost (Q1), The Merchant of Venice (Q1), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Q1), Much Ado About Nothing (Q1), Romeo & Juliet (Q2), The Taming of A Shrew (Q1), Titus Andronicus (Q2), Troilus & Cressida (Q1) (Pro)
• NEW! Easier text highlighting — just select text and tap "Highlight" (Pro)
• NEW! Customize your home screen to change the order plays to the First Folio order
• NEW! Advanced search now includes searching types of shared lines (initial, medial, final) (Pro)
• NEW! Character statistics like longest speeches and number of asides (Pro)
• NEW! Edith Nesbit's book "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare" is now included
• NEW! Mary Macleod's book "The Shakespeare Story-Book" is now included
• NEW! Character Arc Visualizer now shows aggregate statistics for play genres and character genders (Pro)
• NEW! Add Quote of the Day to your lock screen
• NEW! Dictate your notes
• All editions are editable in Scriptigo, our companion script app
• All new editions are searchable (use modern spelling to search original spelling editions too!)
• Improvements to printing, search, and dark mode
• General bugs and usability improvements
There are many other updates, too many to list, including suggestions from you! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need help.
This will be the last version to support iOS version 14 so please update your devices.
• NEW! 14 new apocrypha plays (which Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing), including breakdowns, analysis, and detailed descriptions of each. Also included are Third Folio and quarto editions of these plays. (Add-on)
• NEW! "Shakespeare for Kids" curriculum for teachers containing 36 activities for children grades 1-5 (Add-on)
• NEW! Newly redesigned Play Breakdown sections give you an easy way to see every detail at a glance.
• NEW! Newly redesigned Dramatis Personae provides extensive details about every character.
• NEW! Customize your Home Screen all new beautiful "woodblock" style images that are AI generated
• NEW! In addition to the First Folio, the following quartos are now included for deeper study: Henry IV, Pt. 1 (Q1), Henry IV, Pt. 2 (Q1), Henry V (Q1), Love's Labour's Lost (Q1), The Merchant of Venice (Q1), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Q1), Much Ado About Nothing (Q1), Romeo & Juliet (Q2), The Taming of A Shrew (Q1), Titus Andronicus (Q2), Troilus & Cressida (Q1) (Pro)
• NEW! Easier text highlighting — just select text and tap "Highlight" (Pro)
• NEW! Customize your home screen to change the order plays to the First Folio order
• NEW! Advanced search now includes searching types of shared lines (initial, medial, final) (Pro)
• NEW! Character statistics like longest speeches and number of asides (Pro)
• NEW! Edith Nesbit's book "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare" is now included
• NEW! Mary Macleod's book "The Shakespeare Story-Book" is now included
• NEW! Character Arc Visualizer now shows aggregate statistics for play genres and character genders (Pro)
• NEW! Add Quote of the Day to your lock screen
• NEW! Dictate your notes
• All editions are editable in Scriptigo, our companion script app
• All new editions are searchable (use modern spelling to search original spelling editions too!)
• Improvements to printing, search, and dark mode
• General bugs and usability improvements
There are many other updates, too many to list, including suggestions from you! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need help.
This will be the last version to support iOS version 14 so please update your devices.
9.0
2023-06-05
Hello Shakespeare fans! To celebrate 15 years of being the best Shakespeare app on the App Store, this is the biggest update we've done in a while—and it's a doozy.
• NEW! 14 new apocrypha plays (which Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing), including breakdowns, analysis, and detailed descriptions of each. Also included are Third Folio and quarto editions of these plays. (Add-on)
• NEW! "Shakespeare for Kids" curriculum for teachers containing 36 activities for children grades 1-5 (Add-on)
• NEW! Newly redesigned Play Breakdown sections give you an easy way to see every detail at a glance.
• NEW! Newly redesigned Dramatis Personae provides extensive details about every character.
• NEW! Customize your Home Screen all new beautiful "woodblock" style images that are AI generated
• NEW! In addition to the First Folio, the following quartos are now included for deeper study: Henry IV, Pt. 1 (Q1), Henry IV, Pt. 2 (Q1), Henry V (Q1), Love's Labour's Lost (Q1), The Merchant of Venice (Q1), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Q1), Much Ado About Nothing (Q1), Romeo & Juliet (Q2), The Taming of A Shrew (Q1), Titus Andronicus (Q2), Troilus & Cressida (Q1) (Pro)
• NEW! Easier text highlighting — just select text and tap "Highlight" (Pro)
• NEW! Customize your home screen to change the order plays to the First Folio order
• NEW! Advanced search now includes searching types of shared lines (initial, medial, final) (Pro)
• NEW! Character statistics like longest speeches and number of asides (Pro)
• NEW! Edith Nesbit's book "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare" is now included
• NEW! Mary Macleod's book "The Shakespeare Story-Book" is now included
• NEW! Character Arc Visualizer now shows aggregate statistics for play genres and character genders (Pro)
• All editions are editable in Scriptigo, our companion script app
• All new editions are searchable (use modern spelling to search original spelling editions too!)
• Improvements to printing, search, and dark mode
• General bugs and usability improvements
There are many other updates, too many to list, including suggestions from you! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need help.
This will be the last version to support iOS version 14 so please update your devices.
• NEW! 14 new apocrypha plays (which Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing), including breakdowns, analysis, and detailed descriptions of each. Also included are Third Folio and quarto editions of these plays. (Add-on)
• NEW! "Shakespeare for Kids" curriculum for teachers containing 36 activities for children grades 1-5 (Add-on)
• NEW! Newly redesigned Play Breakdown sections give you an easy way to see every detail at a glance.
• NEW! Newly redesigned Dramatis Personae provides extensive details about every character.
• NEW! Customize your Home Screen all new beautiful "woodblock" style images that are AI generated
• NEW! In addition to the First Folio, the following quartos are now included for deeper study: Henry IV, Pt. 1 (Q1), Henry IV, Pt. 2 (Q1), Henry V (Q1), Love's Labour's Lost (Q1), The Merchant of Venice (Q1), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Q1), Much Ado About Nothing (Q1), Romeo & Juliet (Q2), The Taming of A Shrew (Q1), Titus Andronicus (Q2), Troilus & Cressida (Q1) (Pro)
• NEW! Easier text highlighting — just select text and tap "Highlight" (Pro)
• NEW! Customize your home screen to change the order plays to the First Folio order
• NEW! Advanced search now includes searching types of shared lines (initial, medial, final) (Pro)
• NEW! Character statistics like longest speeches and number of asides (Pro)
• NEW! Edith Nesbit's book "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare" is now included
• NEW! Mary Macleod's book "The Shakespeare Story-Book" is now included
• NEW! Character Arc Visualizer now shows aggregate statistics for play genres and character genders (Pro)
• All editions are editable in Scriptigo, our companion script app
• All new editions are searchable (use modern spelling to search original spelling editions too!)
• Improvements to printing, search, and dark mode
• General bugs and usability improvements
There are many other updates, too many to list, including suggestions from you! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need help.
This will be the last version to support iOS version 14 so please update your devices.
8.7.3
2022-12-17
Another update to the best Shakespeare app for almost 15 years!
• Fix for more complex search terms
• Fix for adding notes, and notebook view
This is the last version to support iOS 13 so please update your device to ensure you get the latest features and improvements!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! General notes: now you can write general notes on a play in the Notes section (instead of just attached notes to parts of the play text)
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• Fix for more complex search terms
• Fix for adding notes, and notebook view
This is the last version to support iOS 13 so please update your device to ensure you get the latest features and improvements!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! General notes: now you can write general notes on a play in the Notes section (instead of just attached notes to parts of the play text)
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
8.7.2
2022-11-11
Another update to the best Shakespeare app for almost 14 years!
• Minor bug fixes and improvements
• Small usability improvements
This is the last version to support iOS 13 so please update your device to ensure you get the latest features and improvements!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! General notes: now you can write general notes on a play in the Notes section (instead of just attached notes to parts of the play text)
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• Minor bug fixes and improvements
• Small usability improvements
This is the last version to support iOS 13 so please update your device to ensure you get the latest features and improvements!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! General notes: now you can write general notes on a play in the Notes section (instead of just attached notes to parts of the play text)
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
8.7.1
2022-10-16
Another update to the best Shakespeare app for almost 14 years!
• Minor bug fixes and improvements
• Update the app name on Apple Watch
This is the last version to support iOS 13 so please update your device!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! General notes: now you can write general notes on a play in the Notes section (instead of just attached notes to parts of the play text)
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• Minor bug fixes and improvements
• Update the app name on Apple Watch
This is the last version to support iOS 13 so please update your device!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! General notes: now you can write general notes on a play in the Notes section (instead of just attached notes to parts of the play text)
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
8.7
2022-09-04
New in this release?
• General notes: now you can write general notes on a play in the Notes section (instead of just attached notes to parts of the play text) (Pro)
• Some usability improvements on iPad and bug fixes.
A big update with some nice surprises is coming!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Grammar section to study difficult aspects of Elizabethan speech.
• NEW! Notes have live links.
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
• General notes: now you can write general notes on a play in the Notes section (instead of just attached notes to parts of the play text) (Pro)
• Some usability improvements on iPad and bug fixes.
A big update with some nice surprises is coming!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Grammar section to study difficult aspects of Elizabethan speech.
• NEW! Notes have live links.
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.6.1
2022-07-08
New in this release? Just some small bug fixes and improvements.
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Grammar section to study difficult aspects of Elizabethan speech.
• NEW! Notes have live links.
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Grammar section to study difficult aspects of Elizabethan speech.
• NEW! Notes have live links.
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.6
2022-06-25
New in this release? Some great features for teachers and students:
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Grammar section to study difficult aspects of Elizabethan speech.
• NEW! Notes have live links.
• Small bug fixes and minor improvements
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Grammar section to study difficult aspects of Elizabethan speech.
• NEW! Notes have live links.
• Small bug fixes and minor improvements
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.5.5
2022-05-17
New in this release? Just some quality of life improvements and bug fixes.
• NEW! Added a section about Shakespeare signatures.
• Lots of small bug fixes and minor improvements
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
• NEW! Added a section about Shakespeare signatures.
• Lots of small bug fixes and minor improvements
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.5.4
2022-03-31
New in this release? Just some quality of life improvements and bug fixes.
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.5.3
2022-03-08
New in this release? Just some quality of life improvements and bug fixes.
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.5.2
2022-01-19
We've incorporated your feedback into this update, which includes:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• General bug fixes, dark mode and small usability improvements
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• General bug fixes, dark mode and small usability improvements
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.5.1
2022-01-18
We've incorporated your feedback into this update, which includes:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• General bug fixes, dark mode and small usability improvements
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• General bug fixes, dark mode and small usability improvements
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.5
2021-12-08
Another great update to the best Shakespeare app! This update includes:
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• General bug fixes and small usability improvements for iOS 15 and the new iPad mini
In addition, if you've upgraded to Shakespeare Pro, you'll get the following new features and improvements:
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• General bug fixes and small usability improvements for iOS 15 and the new iPad mini
In addition, if you've upgraded to Shakespeare Pro, you'll get the following new features and improvements:
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.4
2021-10-02
Another great update to the best Shakespeare app! This update includes:
• NEW! Now browse the home screen of plays in "icon mode" rather than list mode. Change this option in the settings to whatever your preference is
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! MLA citation—just select some text and choose the MLA option to create a citation for you to copy.
• Improvements to dropcaps and other typography to make the works a little more readable
• General bug fixes and small usability improvements, improvements to dark mode
In addition, if you've upgraded to Shakespeare Pro, you'll get the following new features and improvements:
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Added Romeo & Juliet, First Quarto
• NEW! Statistics added for each character for the most common words a character speaks in the whole play and number of times these words are spoke by other characters to provide insight into what they might be thinking or feeling
• NEW! Toggle character and scene statstics on the Scene Breakdowns and Dramatis Personae for easier skimming/reading
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Added King Richard II First Quarto.
• NEW! Every scene now has scene times to help you make sense of time, either based action in the plays or historical events. This is the first time any edition has tackled this complex subject.
• NEW! Search improvement: now set a custom search proximity to find words nearer or farther from each other
• NEW! Search filters for Elizabeth, Jacobean, or apocrypha works
• NEW! New quartos added for King Lear, Hamlet, and King Richard 2—plus an improved compare tool on iPad
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
• NEW! Now browse the home screen of plays in "icon mode" rather than list mode. Change this option in the settings to whatever your preference is
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! MLA citation—just select some text and choose the MLA option to create a citation for you to copy.
• Improvements to dropcaps and other typography to make the works a little more readable
• General bug fixes and small usability improvements, improvements to dark mode
In addition, if you've upgraded to Shakespeare Pro, you'll get the following new features and improvements:
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Added Romeo & Juliet, First Quarto
• NEW! Statistics added for each character for the most common words a character speaks in the whole play and number of times these words are spoke by other characters to provide insight into what they might be thinking or feeling
• NEW! Toggle character and scene statstics on the Scene Breakdowns and Dramatis Personae for easier skimming/reading
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Added King Richard II First Quarto.
• NEW! Every scene now has scene times to help you make sense of time, either based action in the plays or historical events. This is the first time any edition has tackled this complex subject.
• NEW! Search improvement: now set a custom search proximity to find words nearer or farther from each other
• NEW! Search filters for Elizabeth, Jacobean, or apocrypha works
• NEW! New quartos added for King Lear, Hamlet, and King Richard 2—plus an improved compare tool on iPad
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.3
2021-07-16
A small, but good release which includes:
• General improvements and bug fixes
• NEW! Added King Richard II First Quarto (Pro)
• Improvements to the lexicons and popover timing (Pro)
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Did you miss the last update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Every scene now has scene times to help you make sense of time, either based action in the plays or historical events. This is the first time any edition has tackled this complex subject.
• NEW! Search improvement: now set a custom search proximity to find words nearer or farther from each other
• NEW! Search filters for Elizabeth, Jacobean, or apocrypha works
• NEW! New quartos added for King Lear, Hamlet, and King Richard 2—plus an improved compare tool on iPad
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.2.2
2021-07-02
This release fixes a few small issues, including an issue with printing. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or suggestions.
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Did you miss the last update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Every scene now has scene times to help you make sense of time, either based action in the plays or historical events. This is the first time any edition has tackled this complex subject.
• NEW! Search improvement: now set a custom search proximity to find words nearer or farther from each other
• NEW! Search filters for Elizabeth, Jacobean, or apocrypha works
• NEW! New quartos added for King Lear, Hamlet, and King Richard 2—plus an improved compare tool on iPad
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Did you miss the last update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Every scene now has scene times to help you make sense of time, either based action in the plays or historical events. This is the first time any edition has tackled this complex subject.
• NEW! Search improvement: now set a custom search proximity to find words nearer or farther from each other
• NEW! Search filters for Elizabeth, Jacobean, or apocrypha works
• NEW! New quartos added for King Lear, Hamlet, and King Richard 2—plus an improved compare tool on iPad
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
8.2.1
2021-06-19
And the big updates just keep coming! In addition to a few bug fixes, recent updates have included the following:
• NEW! Every scene now has scene times to help you make sense of time, either based action in the plays or historical events. This is the first time any edition has tackled this complex subject.
• NEW! Search improvements to find alternate spellings
• NEW! Search improvement: now set a custom search proximity to find words nearer or farther from each other
• NEW! Search filters for Elizabeth, Jacobean, or apocrypha works
• NEW! Improved readability of search results
• NEW! New quartos added for King Lear, Hamlet, and King Richard 2—plus an improved compare tool on iPad
• NEW! More statistics for soliloquies and scene breakdowns showing amount of time in each scene location
• NEW! Added a modern translation for Phoenix & Turtle and made some other translation improvements
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
• Many small bug fixes and improvements
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
In case you missed our recent HUGE releases with tons of new goodness, here's what was included:
• NEW! Want a different app icon? You can now change it in the settings.
• NEW! The First Quarto of Hamlet is now included. Use the Compare view to compare it with other editions (iPad).
• NEW! Help is here! A new help section is included, which will be expanded further in an upcoming update.
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
• NEW! Every scene now has scene times to help you make sense of time, either based action in the plays or historical events. This is the first time any edition has tackled this complex subject.
• NEW! Search improvements to find alternate spellings
• NEW! Search improvement: now set a custom search proximity to find words nearer or farther from each other
• NEW! Search filters for Elizabeth, Jacobean, or apocrypha works
• NEW! Improved readability of search results
• NEW! New quartos added for King Lear, Hamlet, and King Richard 2—plus an improved compare tool on iPad
• NEW! More statistics for soliloquies and scene breakdowns showing amount of time in each scene location
• NEW! Added a modern translation for Phoenix & Turtle and made some other translation improvements
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
• Many small bug fixes and improvements
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
In case you missed our recent HUGE releases with tons of new goodness, here's what was included:
• NEW! Want a different app icon? You can now change it in the settings.
• NEW! The First Quarto of Hamlet is now included. Use the Compare view to compare it with other editions (iPad).
• NEW! Help is here! A new help section is included, which will be expanded further in an upcoming update.
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
8.2
2021-06-15
And the big updates just keep coming!
• NEW! Every scene now has scene times to help you make sense of time, either based action in the plays or historical events. This is the first time any edition has tackled this complex subject.
• NEW! Search improvements to find alternate spellings
• NEW! Search improvement: now set a custom search proximity to find words nearer or farther from each other
• NEW! Search filters for Elizabeth, Jacobean, or apocrypha works
• NEW! Improved readability of search results
• NEW! New quartos added for King Lear, Hamlet, and King Richard 2—plus an improved compare tool on iPad
• NEW! More statistics for soliloquies and scene breakdowns showing amount of time in each scene location
• NEW! Added a modern translation for Phoenix & Turtle and made some other translation improvements
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
• Many small bug fixes and improvements
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
In case you missed our recent HUGE releases with tons of new goodness, here's what was included:
• NEW! Want a different app icon? You can now change it in the settings.
• NEW! The First Quarto of Hamlet is now included. Use the Compare view to compare it with other editions (iPad).
• NEW! Help is here! A new help section is included, which will be expanded further in an upcoming update.
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
• NEW! Every scene now has scene times to help you make sense of time, either based action in the plays or historical events. This is the first time any edition has tackled this complex subject.
• NEW! Search improvements to find alternate spellings
• NEW! Search improvement: now set a custom search proximity to find words nearer or farther from each other
• NEW! Search filters for Elizabeth, Jacobean, or apocrypha works
• NEW! Improved readability of search results
• NEW! New quartos added for King Lear, Hamlet, and King Richard 2—plus an improved compare tool on iPad
• NEW! More statistics for soliloquies and scene breakdowns showing amount of time in each scene location
• NEW! Added a modern translation for Phoenix & Turtle and made some other translation improvements
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
• Many small bug fixes and improvements
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
In case you missed our recent HUGE releases with tons of new goodness, here's what was included:
• NEW! Want a different app icon? You can now change it in the settings.
• NEW! The First Quarto of Hamlet is now included. Use the Compare view to compare it with other editions (iPad).
• NEW! Help is here! A new help section is included, which will be expanded further in an upcoming update.
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
8.1.2
2021-05-05
Yet another great update with plenty of "under the hood" improvements to run faster and better. Here's what's new:
• NEW! See male and female soliloquies on Scene Breakdowns
• NEW! Promoted Edward III and Sir Thomas More to first class
• Fixed an annoying scrolling bug
• Improvements to the Help guide
• Fixed a handful of bugs and added some small usability fixes
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
In case you missed our recent HUGE Pro releases with tons of new goodness, here's what was included:
• NEW! Want a different app icon? You can now change it in the settings.
• NEW! The First Quarto of Hamlet is now included. Use the Compare view to compare it with other editions (iPad).
• NEW! Help is here! A new help section is included, which will be expanded further in an upcoming update.
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
• NEW! See male and female soliloquies on Scene Breakdowns
• NEW! Promoted Edward III and Sir Thomas More to first class
• Fixed an annoying scrolling bug
• Improvements to the Help guide
• Fixed a handful of bugs and added some small usability fixes
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
In case you missed our recent HUGE Pro releases with tons of new goodness, here's what was included:
• NEW! Want a different app icon? You can now change it in the settings.
• NEW! The First Quarto of Hamlet is now included. Use the Compare view to compare it with other editions (iPad).
• NEW! Help is here! A new help section is included, which will be expanded further in an upcoming update.
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
8.1.1
2021-04-30
Yet another great update with plenty of "under the hood" improvements to run faster and better. Here's what's new:
• NEW! See male and female soliloquies on Scene Breakdowns
• NEW! Promoted Edward III and Sir Thomas More to first class
• Fixed an annoying scrolling bug
• Improvements to the Help guide
• Fixed a handful of bugs and added some small usability fixes
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
In case you missed our recent HUGE Pro releases with tons of new goodness, here's what was included:
• NEW! Want a different app icon? You can now change it in the settings.
• NEW! The First Quarto of Hamlet is now included. Use the Compare view to compare it with other editions (iPad).
• NEW! Help is here! A new help section is included, which will be expanded further in an upcoming update.
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
• NEW! See male and female soliloquies on Scene Breakdowns
• NEW! Promoted Edward III and Sir Thomas More to first class
• Fixed an annoying scrolling bug
• Improvements to the Help guide
• Fixed a handful of bugs and added some small usability fixes
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
In case you missed our recent HUGE Pro releases with tons of new goodness, here's what was included:
• NEW! Want a different app icon? You can now change it in the settings.
• NEW! The First Quarto of Hamlet is now included. Use the Compare view to compare it with other editions (iPad).
• NEW! Help is here! A new help section is included, which will be expanded further in an upcoming update.
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
8.1
2021-03-28
Another great update so soon? You bet. Here's what's new:
• NEW! Want a different app icon? Pro users can now change it in the settings.
• NEW! The First Quarto of Hamlet is now included for Pro users. Use the Compare view to compare it with other editions (iPad).
• NEW! Help is here! A new help section is included, which will be expanded further in an upcoming update.
• Improvements to the Compare view (iPad) when comparing two different editions of a play.
• Fixed a handful of bugs, fixed an issue with the Monarch Tree, small usability fixes
In case you missed our recent HUGE release with tons of new goodness, here's what was included:
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! Now you can have the Quote of the Day as a home screen widget.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! A small scene "badge" shows which scene you're currently reading.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! New and updated statistics for more accuracy.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
• Improved consistency,search-ability, and usability with notes and notebooks
• Fixed a handful of bugs, updated some older icons, fixed an issue with search crashing
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
• NEW! Want a different app icon? Pro users can now change it in the settings.
• NEW! The First Quarto of Hamlet is now included for Pro users. Use the Compare view to compare it with other editions (iPad).
• NEW! Help is here! A new help section is included, which will be expanded further in an upcoming update.
• Improvements to the Compare view (iPad) when comparing two different editions of a play.
• Fixed a handful of bugs, fixed an issue with the Monarch Tree, small usability fixes
In case you missed our recent HUGE release with tons of new goodness, here's what was included:
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! Now you can have the Quote of the Day as a home screen widget.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! A small scene "badge" shows which scene you're currently reading.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! New and updated statistics for more accuracy.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
• Improved consistency,search-ability, and usability with notes and notebooks
• Fixed a handful of bugs, updated some older icons, fixed an issue with search crashing
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
8.0.2
2021-03-20
This is a HUGE release with tons of new goodness! This minor update includes a few minor fixes and the following:
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! Now you can have the Quote of the Day as a home screen widget.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! A small scene "badge" shows which scene you're currently reading.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! New and updated statistics for more accuracy.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
• Improve consistency,search-ability, and usability with notes and notebooks
• Fix a handful of bugs, updated some older icons, fixed an issue with search crashing
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Note: The Shakespeare Passport program was deprecated in 2020.
• NEW! Modern translations now available! Read paraphrased lines to better understand Elizabethan English.
• NEW! The apocrypha play Arden of Faversham has been added. Get character descriptions, scene breakdowns and more.
• NEW! Additional search parameters added to search only Romance, Roman, Problem Plays.
• NEW! Now you can have the Quote of the Day as a home screen widget.
• NEW! An interactive Monarch Family Tree is in the Study section to show royal lineage from William I to present day.
• NEW! Along with reciting quotes, Siri will now insult you with Shakespearean style.
• NEW! Added study materials for Rhetorical Devices and Chain of Being.
• NEW! A small scene "badge" shows which scene you're currently reading.
• NEW! We added the OpenDyslexic font as an option for those with dyslexia wanting to make texts more readable.
• NEW! Additional quotes added to Quote of the Day.
• NEW! New and updated statistics for more accuracy.
• NEW! Added to the plays where characters change their names (accession, disguises, etc.).
• Improve consistency,search-ability, and usability with notes and notebooks
• Fix a handful of bugs, updated some older icons, fixed an issue with search crashing
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Note: The Shakespeare Passport program was deprecated in 2020.
Cheat Codes for In-App Purchases
| Item | Price | iPhone/iPad | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upgrade to Shakespeare Pro (Get a glossary, search, line numbers & more) |
Free |
EB216913373✱✱✱✱✱ | 3DC3F31✱✱✱✱✱ |
| All Lexicons (All lexicons by Schmidt, Onions, and Dyce) |
Free |
EB438734985✱✱✱✱✱ | EB443C3✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Schmidt's Lexicon (Lexicon by Alexander Schmidt (1874)) |
Free |
EB596071757✱✱✱✱✱ | 928D160✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Modern Translation (All Works) (Modern Translation of all the works) |
Free |
EB413802553✱✱✱✱✱ | B15EE6D✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Modern Translation (All Works) (Modern Translation of all the works) |
Free |
EB413802553✱✱✱✱✱ | B15EE6D✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Modern Translation (Hamlet) (Modern Translation of Hamlet) |
Free |
EB949189028✱✱✱✱✱ | F75CF3A✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Course: Intro to Shakespeare (17-week course with teacher curriculum ) |
Free |
EB957177191✱✱✱✱✱ | 9B160BD✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Modern Translation (Macbeth) (Modern Translation of Macbeth) |
Free |
EB982487423✱✱✱✱✱ | ACC7CC8✱✱✱✱✱ |
| Modern Translation (AYLI) (Modern Translation of As You Like It) |
Free |
EB531553144✱✱✱✱✱ | C888EE0✱✱✱✱✱ |
| All Apocrypha (12 apocrypha plays of Shakespeare) |
Free |
EB541207852✱✱✱✱✱ | 0577DFA✱✱✱✱✱ |
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Ratings
4.8 out of 5
2 810 Ratings
Reviews
Minimus inter alios,
Bravo
This free app represents an amazing act of generosity towards all people who love Shakespeare and would like to get to know him better. Setting aside the complete texts of the plays and poems, with easy and straightforward navigation, there's heaps of information on historical aspects, a biography, portrait gallery, there's synopses, information on and analyses of characters, and much else. For anybody to put all this much together, present it in the format of a mobile app, and to offer it for free, just to make the world a better place--that is a labor of love. And a win. A big thank you. Thoroughly recommended!
Epoi,
Orly...
Huh... I've been told by devs that the free version (which I've had for about a decade) never had line numbers. I don't think that's accurate... but let's give them the benefit of the doubt... Because line numbers don't exactly make or break the app. So I'm emending my rating to 5 stars.
Would be really annoying to discover it did, at some point, have line numbers (which I seem to remember)... I will check some of my ancient iphone backups, and rate accordingly.
In the meantime... Please (re-)institute line numbers. It's a basic feature of the format, it's not a 'bonus' in any fair sense of the word. Thanks.
Would be really annoying to discover it did, at some point, have line numbers (which I seem to remember)... I will check some of my ancient iphone backups, and rate accordingly.
In the meantime... Please (re-)institute line numbers. It's a basic feature of the format, it's not a 'bonus' in any fair sense of the word. Thanks.
ertebolle,
Wonderful + Responsive
The app itself is outstanding - clearly a labor of love, with a generous free version and a one-time-purchase business model for the pro version (in defiance of the annoying trend towards subscription everything).
Also, I had an issue with scrolling not working correctly and within a week of reporting it they fixed the bug + released an update with the fix; I’ve never seen such outstanding responsive support from a developer before.
Also, I had an issue with scrolling not working correctly and within a week of reporting it they fixed the bug + released an update with the fix; I’ve never seen such outstanding responsive support from a developer before.
Benomtad,
Versatile study of Shakespeare
So many ways to read the text and with so much supplementary information. I have had this app for almost a decade and it has been added to and improved many times. I’m writing this review not because I really have anything of value to say but because I want to support this gem and bargain. I’m also a teacher and am excited about the children’s curricula. Thank you, developers, for helping keep Shakespeare alive in the world!
greentea^~^,
I can’t read anything :(
I’ve had this app for years now and use it as a reference all the time. As of late it’s been crashing. Every time I try to utilize it in some way, a few seconds pass and it boots me out. I love the app— I advertise it to anyone who loves Willy Shakes because of the quotes and it’s convenience, but now it’s practically useless. I don’t really know how to rate this, because the app itself deserves a 5 star, but the functionality is awful right now, so please fix or at least look into it!
Roxxz3,
Very useful
This is perfect for my current project and has Been very helpful. Search function is key and though it needs a tweak as Othello seems to be off a bit, and the poems etc don't get excluded when you narrow a search, it is still remarkably useful. Now they need to add some more of the apocryphal texts--Arden of Faversham was recently included as in part by WS by Oxford I think, and there are several still under suspicion of him helping on. But this couldn't have come at a better time for me.
dame wang,
I detest nag screens
I really, really hate vendors that throw up nag screens asking for ratings. It's bad enough in their own apps, but unconscionable to use the notification system for nagging. Apple clearly didn't design it for that purpose.
So here's my rating: one star. You asked for it, you got it.
UPDATE: I'm not sure why the developer has only now responded to a three-year old review, but in fairness, the nag screens have long since been removed, so I'm increasing the rating based on the app (decent) and content (excellent).
So here's my rating: one star. You asked for it, you got it.
UPDATE: I'm not sure why the developer has only now responded to a three-year old review, but in fairness, the nag screens have long since been removed, so I'm increasing the rating based on the app (decent) and content (excellent).
CelebratePoe,
Extremely disappointing
So far I could say this is one of the worst application purchases I have ever made. I did a search on Soliloquy’s in Hamlet and came up with nothing. Changed into first folio and now no matter what I do start the program over etc. it is stuck on the old spelling. Text meaning does not work. So far the app does not do a single thing it says it does. Totally worthless. By the way I’m having these problems with the pro version.
T. Rick,
Fantastic
This is a fantastic app for anyone who is interested in Shakespeare. As a professional Stage Manager, I find it extremely useful when there are questions about interpretation. I’ve got it on my iPad and just downloaded it on my phone. Question: do I have to repurchase all the extras on the phone? I tried restoring the purchases made on the iPad and it won’t do it.
Elsabisa,
Love it, but would love more if characters had full names
I love getting the daily Shakespeare quote every morning. However, I would like it even better if all the characters were called by their full names. It’s disconcerting to read a conversation between “Cleo” and “Paul” when it’s really someone and Paulina.
