[sotd] June 24, 2004 [Shakespeare: Subject to Change]
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- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:37:44 -0300
Site of the Day for Thursday, June 24, 2004
Shakespeare: Subject to Change
Summer abounds with Shakespeare Festivals -- Shakespeare By-the-Sea,
In-the-Park or At-the-Lake.Today's site is one of the most engaging and
delightful Shakespeare presentations on the web, focusing on the
reliability of Shakespearean texts. If Gentle Subscribers think the topic
may be too dry and academic, this lively production may challenge that
notion and have them digging out their long-buried Facsimile of the First
Folio for reference.
"Shakespeare: Subject To Change is: Accessible: You are on the receiving
end of resources and expertise brought together from different parts of the
globe ... Multisensory: You watch, read, hear, interact, and create your
own variation. Rich content: You can examine digitized versions of rare
documents and prints, or clips from multimillion dollar films ...
Self-directed: You make the choices -- go in any direction or sequence, at
any pace. ... Shakespeare's language eclipses that of the average person
today. His enormous vocabulary included over 27,870 different words. The
average person today uses between 7500 and 10,000 words. While some of
Shakespeare's language may seem archaic now, much of what he wrote is still
used in everyday conversation." - from the website
After a stirring introduction, with a young Richard Burton's version of
Hamlet's most famous soliloquy, the site explores the ways the texts may
have been changed under various subheadings. "The Writing Process", using
"Hamlet" as an example, shows a timeline of the play from its registration
at the Stationer's Register in 1602 to the "authorized" version of Quarto 2
two years later. "Altered Texts" demonstrates the various ways compositors
adjusted words and lines to make the text fit, while "Shakespeare's
Versions" compares some speeches from Hamlet as they appeared in Quartos I
and 2 and in the First Folio edition. "Shakespeare's Language" provides an
overview of the sheer originality of Shakespeare's use of language in
sections on Invented Words, Common Expressions and Creative Insults.
Please note that the site requirements are aimed at broadband users with
Macromedia Flash 6 Plug-in. The "Close Window" at the bottom of the page
will return the visitor to the main menu.
Tread over to a Shakespearean site which captivates with style and charm
at:
http://www.ciconline.org/bdp1/
A.M. Holm
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