About Open Shakespeare

This project was created by the Open Knowledge Foundation with the help of some dedicated volunteers including:

  • Rufus Pollock
  • Iain Emsley
  • Jonathan Gray
  • Colette Sensier
  • Nika Engberg
  • Adam Green
  • Lottie Fenby
  • Your name here – see below for how to get involved

Get Involved

Anyone can participate in the Open Shakespeare project – including you! For example you could:

  • Publicise the project to other communities, such as scholars and educators, to whom it would be of benefit.
  • Proof-edit and format texts.
  • Find related open material related which we can use. For example, texts of alternative editions, images, etc.
  • Develop your own web application or open knowledge package using the material and tools Open Shakespeare makes available.

Just get in touch and we'll find you something to match your interests and availability.

Comments

If digging around in old texts isn't for you (and we know it isn't for everyone!) we'd still love to hear any comments you have. Just drop us a line at info [at] okfn [dot] org.

Donate

If you're feeling generous, why not make a small donation to help us pay hosting costs (we're a not-for-profit and everything we do is provided openly and for free).

License

All the material produced by the Open Shakespeare project including all the content on this site is available under open licenses. Specifically all code is licensed under the MIT License and all content and data is available under a CC Attribution License. More details, including some exceptions relating to public domain items, can be found in the COPYING and AUTHORS files.