‘The Shakesperience’ app (image via Sourcebooks)
Sourcebooks publishing house has recently released a line of ebook/iPad apps called The Shakesperience. Using the iPad’s technological capabilities, these books provide a multimedia experience that allow readers to interact with Shakespeare’s plays. Each play features an embedded glossary of approximately 2,000 terms; video and audio commentary, interviews, and introductions by thespians; classic scenes and performances by respected actors like Orson Welles, Paul Robeson, Sir Laurence Olivier, and Dame Judy Dench, to name a few; presentations analyzing the historical and social context of selected scenes; production notes from past performances that include costume and set design, and stage directions; interviews with the full casts and directors of productions; and, finally, “interviews with voice coaches on how to approach the Bard’s various characters.”
Dominique Raccah, CEO of Sourcebooks, said that the app was developed with input from teachers and theatre professionals, specifically (more…)
