backstage.com: Working in the theater—in pretty much any capacity—means knowing Shakespeare. Even if you’re not doing one of his plays right now, you probably will be eventually, and the Bard’s still-strong reign as a popular source of trivia, one-liners, and inspiration for other artists means that you need as good a grasp on his life and works as you can get. The free Shakespeare app for iOS devices gives you all that and more.
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Holy hell this almost makes me want to get an ipad.
Okay, even if you're not a COMPLETE Shakespeare nerd like me this app seems almost too good to be true. At $9.99, it beats any other Complete Works available in print and its extra features, while one could probably argue are peripheral, likely makes it one of the most extensive Complete Works available. And it gives you just about every piece or work the Bard ever wrote (or is given credit for writing) at your fingertips, which even some Kindle versions don't give. While I'd have to compare the text to see if it stands up to an Arden or Riverside edition, even as a reference app it seems to be well worth the money, if only to make yourself seem more Bard-y at parties.
...Get it? Bardy...at...parties... I'll be over here...
I have had this app for over a year or two now and absolutely love it. As jacob says for its price it beats any other complete works. I have become a man who carries his ipad around over his laptop considerably most of the time and to have any piece of shakespear on at with the mere swipe of the screen makes life drastically easier. To anyone in theatre with an IOS device i strongly recommend this too. the only down fall of this app is that it does not have the line numbers.
This sounds great! I love Shakespeare, I would love to just have his words instantly at my finger tips! While I think this would be better if I had an ipad, it still seems like it would be really convenient if I wanted to see what play someone was referencing or if I forgot that one line from a midsummer nights dream and needed to look it up. Also, it's a lot less heavy and a lot less expensive then lugging around the complete works of Shakespeare book!
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