# Open Source Shakespeare > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Open_Source_Shakespeare > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Open_Source_Shakespeare.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Shakespeare > Source revision: 1305600402 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Free site featuring the complete works of Shakespeare}} thumb|right|The "Bard of Avon," William Shakespeare (1564–1616) '''Open Source Shakespeare''' is a non-commercial [web site](/source/web_site) allowing free access to searchable digital versions of the complete works of [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare). The site was created using [Moby Shakespeare](/source/Moby_Project), which is based on the 1864 Globe edition of the complete works.{{Cite web |title=Introduction: The History of Open Source Shakespeare |last=Johnson |first=Eric M |work=Open Source Shakespeare: An Experiment in Literary Technology |accessdate=19 April 2012 |url=http://opensourceshakespeare.org/info/aboutsite.php }} ==History== The idea of a free online resource compiling Shakespeare's works was conceived in 2001 by Eric M. Johnson, then working as a web designer and theater reviewer for the ''[Washington Times](/source/Washington_Times)'' newspaper while pursuing a [Master's degree](/source/Master's_degree) at [George Mason University](/source/George_Mason_University).{{cite web|first=Art|last=Taylor|url=http://news.gmu.edu/articles/5380|title=Alumnus Makes Shakespeare's Works Easy to Search|work=George Mason University News|date=14 February 2011}} In the process of looking up the source of Shakespearian quotes online, Johnson was surprised to learn that no single web resource allowed users to freely access a comprehensive collection of William Shakespeare's writings. "The ones that were comprehensive were not free, and the free ones were not comprehensive" Johnson recalled. Johnson started to create just such a free and comprehensive digital collection as part of his graduate program, unveiled as the Open Source Shakespeare website in December 2003.{{cite conference|url=http://shaksper.net/archive/2006/240-december/25157-call-for-advisors-open-source-shakespeare|title=Call for Advisors: Open Source Shakespeare|conference=SHAKSPER: The Global Electronic Shakespeare Conference|date=1 December 2006}} The site was formally announced to the scholarly community in February 2004. According to the site's founder, about 77,000 people made use of the resource in 2005, with a further 170,000 anticipated to visit the site in 2006. The operating costs of the site were minimal; through 2006, these were paid out of pocket by the site's creator. Subsequently, a grant application was made to the [National Endowment for the Humanities](/source/National_Endowment_for_the_Humanities) by Johnson and three members of the English Department of George Mason University to provide funding for the project. ==Site structure== Shakespeare's works are divided on the site into three genres: [plays](/source/drama), [sonnet](/source/sonnet)s, and [poems](/source/poetry). The site also includes a [concordance](/source/concordance_(publishing)), [search engine](/source/search_engine), and information about basic usage statistics. The site has gained functionality over time, with a "Version 2.0" released in 2005 which added the capability for users to search for [word stem](/source/word_stem)s or [phonetically](/source/phonetics) and to save and print search results.{{cite web|first=Eric M|last=Johnson|url=http://catholiclight.stblogs.org/archives/2005/03/open-source-sha-1.html|title=Open Source Shakespeare 2.0 Released|work=Catholic Light|date=7 March 2005}} In the middle of 2009 a site version designed for portable devices was unveiled, called Mobile Open Source Shakespeare. ==Footnotes== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== * {{Official website|1=http://opensourceshakespeare.org}} * [http://mobile.opensourceshakespeare.org/ Mobile Open Source Shakespeare] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215022643/http://mobile.opensourceshakespeare.org/ |date=2009-02-15 }} Category:Internet properties established in 2003 Category:William Shakespeare Category:Free-content websites --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Open Source Shakespeare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Shakespeare) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Shakespeare?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.