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Source Code for Open Source Shakespeare

• edent 6y ago
  There are some really interesting things you can find when treating Shakespeare as a DB. There are some characters with no lines: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/02/characters-in-shakespeare-with-no-lines/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/02/characters-in-shakespeare-w... And at least once character exits the stage without entering! https://github.com/edent/Open-Source-Shakespeare/pull/2 https://github.com/edent/Open-Source-Shakespeare/pull/2
  • abathur 6y ago
    In grad school, I did a project for a Shakespeare class that involved picking at how characters used gendered pronouns to see if I could find anything interesting. (I think I built an sqlite3 db from the playshakespeare XML version; I don't recall being able to _find_ another at the time--I think this was early 2010.) One thing I remember finding interesting (if a bit unexpected and frustrating) was how many pronouns were implied in contractions. In the case of ` 's`, the contraction suffix is even double-used for contracted forms of "us" and "his". I ended up having to get a concordance, skim it for potential pronoun-implying contractions, and then verify them in the text. I'm sure I missed a few :)
• sigg3 6y ago
  Shakespeare. Shake spear. Masturbator. Just putting it out there.
• bklyn11201 6y ago
  How can I read a play with lots of hyperlinks to help me understand old English words, insults, and jokes? Or even better, commentary available to help better understand a passage?
  • cxr 6y ago
    Hypothes.is and Web Annotations would be suited for this, but the problem is getting people to write the commentary.