Shakespeare

This is a veritable gold mine of Shakespeare's work. All the plays and sonnets are here with these being read aloud as a boon. There are summaries and help with naturally difficult terminology of words which are archaic. A search can done which finds the word or term in any play or poem. What more could you want as a Shakespeare acolyte?

I’m sure the app is useful on many levels, but at my Shakespeare beginner level, it is invaluable. And the support you get is par excellence. Really great service. Thanks!

These short quotes of the great man’s work never fail to remind me of what a literary genius he was. The envy of the world.

This app used to offer a daily quotation which popped up on my screen. This has now become strangely sporadic and when you tap to see the quotation it’s simply takes you to a page within a play, without highlighting anything specific. I realise that it’s the free version so I can’t really expect much, but it’s disappointing that it used to be there and has now been removed

This is a veritable gold mine of Shakespeare's work. All the plays and sonnets are here - the latter are even read aloud. There are summaries and help with naturally difficult terminology of words which are archaic. A search can done which finds the word or term in any play or poem. What more could you ask for?

It has study notes for ALL the different plays, and is immensely helpful. I also love that there is a coded system with the characters! All in all really great- a little ‘annoying’ that I’d have to pay more for the rest of it, but what people need to understand is that the app is a source of income for at least one person. I won’t because I’m pretty broke, but if I had money I would. I’m taking A-level English Literature at the moment, so it’s really helpful- even just understanding the individual acts. Sometimes I really struggle to understand scenes in Shakespeare but this helps a lot! (Also appreciate that the developer doesn’t take anyone’s sh*t)

Really good App. But abbreviated names aren’t helpful

Don’t waste yout money on the modern translation add-in. The ‘translations’ are puerile and in many cases unnecessary. - for example Shakespeare’s line in Romeo and Juliet, “She speaks” is translated as “She said something” - not a really a helpful addition (quite apart from using the wrong tense). For the next line “As glorious to this night, being o’er my head”, the translation is “you’re as gorgeous in the night, up there” I really wish that I hadn’t wasted my money on this infantile rubbish. Re the response, the need may not be diminished but satisfying that need with poor quality and sometimes mindless ‘translations’ will certainly diminish the experience. As to your suggestion that I contact you whenever I feel that something is incorrect, life is too short to afford the amount of time required. In answer to the second response (1) I meant that trying to itemise the inadequacies would take far too long to contemplate, (2) it is not my responsibility to review and suggest corrections to those inadequacies and (3) clearly there is little point in contacting a developer that belittles any negative review as a ‘drive by response’.

So, I’ve paid for the whole bang! I paid for Shakespeare Pro, and now, with the latest update, they want me to pay more. They actually want me to pay more than the full app I paid for before! No no no no no! Might I suggest you don’t screw us? - Edit - yeah actually, you do. The modern translations and the lexicon features. You want more money for it.

Love the coronavirus relevant daily quotes this week. Great app all round, a serous study aid in the pro version.