Fast search for the complete plays, poems and sonnets of Shakespeare (including locations and stage directions) using data derived from the PlayShakespeare project.
Files are cached on access, via a service worker using Workbox.
You can also manually precache texts by clicking one of the Download all checkboxes. Texts will be removed from the cache when a checkbox is unchecked.
As well as search, you can use the app to open texts or citations:
You can also link to search results:
There are several options for filtering search results:
- Text name
- Type of text (play, poem or sonnet)
- Speaker
- Speaker gender
You can also click on a word in a text to search for that word.
Google Analytics is used to record the following:
- Basic visit data.
- Most popular search queries.
- Button tap and click events.
No additional data is sent to the server.
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