The Internet Needs a Shakespeare ___ ?
Friends, Readers of this blog, Countrymen, lend me your rears!
I know some of you who read this scour the net for anything Shakespeare. At some point for a variety of reasons everyone needs to find something on Shakespeare online: the texts, summaries, history, scholarship, questions, answers, blogs, whatever.
In the digital age I think it’s important to recognize where we are and what we still need to do. So many old texts are now being digitized and are freely available online. Google Books makes research a breeze! Quarto texts online make editing Shakespearean texts quicker. All the information we want is at our fingertips! Or is it?
Here’s a question for you: what DOESN’T the internet have – Shakespeare related, of course – that you would like to see, or something you’d like to see improved?
Why do I ask? I’m curious.
Posted on April 4, 2008
A.K.Farrar Apr 4, 2008
Lack of performances – librivox does some audio, but time youtube (or similar) broke seriously into visuals (your recent posts show it is being addressed – slowly).
I like the carnival idea.
(Maybe I just don’t know what is out there.)
Rick Rogers Apr 5, 2008
A.K. -
I agree with you wholeheartedly on the lack of visuals and video — especially from the student end. There are so many great video projects being produced by students for classwork and extra credit material that have no true active forum for placement. YouTube just doesn’t seem to attract that element. I hope that we can see more intrepretations of these great works from younger generations in hopes to inspire future ones as well!
I also hope to see more interaction between students, teachers, and lovers of literature around topics written by Shakespeare that are being actively discussed in context to today’s world and issues.
A.K.Farrar Apr 7, 2008
Love a duck!
The Geek has started finding material to prove me wrong!
http://blog.shakespearegeek.com/2008/04/romeo-and-juliet-flipbook.html