vShakespeare

The Virtual Shakespeare Consortium

A consortium of individuals and organizations dedicated to bringing Shakespeare and his culture to the Internet and beyond. The Virtual Shakespeare Initiative challenges participants to bring Shakespeare to virtual worlds.

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Welcome to the Virtual Shakespeare Consortium

Welcome to the vSC! The Virtual Shakespeare Consortium is a consortium of individuals and organizations dedicated to bringing Shakespeare and his culture to the Internet and beyond.

While not required, Consortium members are encouraged to share resources and insights from their own experiences and projects. Those who are not active in a project, and wish to merely observe are also welcome.

The newly launched Virtual Shakespeare Initiative challenges participants to bring Shakespeare to virtual worlds.

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Victor Keegan is now a member of vShakespeare
January 23
Another idea is BardWord Ad's - selected inline words that randomly link to a list of advertisers..
January 18
Oh, and the sonnets will be txt'd by a dedicated SonnetBot! Just like the actor's pp's behavior above in live/offshow, but you just have to follow one SonnetBot to *get them all!*
January 18
Plurk offers link-masking, so clickable footnotes could even be embedded in the plurk... Also, Plurk emoticons and plurk speech qualifiers!
January 18
Just got a reply. It looks like this project will have to change its name - good thing I found out before its start ;-) Any suggestion for names? ----- from Alvin Woon to ina.centaur cc support date Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 4:41 PM subject Re: Feedba…
January 11
I'm in!
January 11
Hotspur O'Toole is now a member of vShakespeare
January 11
ina centaur added a discussion
Here's my initial idea and application to Plurk API: "Plurk Shakespeare Company" - I plan to register automaton accounts for the names of actors in each Shakespearean play presented by the "Plurk Shakespeare Company" A main plurk.com/PlurkShakespea…
January 11

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ina centaur

Details & Available Plays 2 Replies

Started by ina centaur in ODR - On-Demand Run Timing Bids. Last reply by ina centaur Oct. 13, 2009.

ina centaur

Shakespeare on Ice 11 Replies

Started by ina centaur in Virtual Productions and Similar Projects based on the Bard's Works. Last reply by Dahlia Joubert Oct. 6, 2009.

Blog Posts

John McDonald

Romeo & Juliet - The Tempest

Classical Comics graphic novel versions of Romeo & Juliet and The Tempest are now out!
Receiving rave reviews.
See samples of the artwork www.classicalcomics.com

Posted by John McDonald on October 30, 2009 at 9:48am

ina centaur

Blackfriars Museum Grand Opening

As announced, the Blackfriars Museum (a.k.a. the Blackfriars Theatre Museum) grand opens TODAY on the Bard's Birthday 2009! The museum is a humble shack adjacent to the north end of the Blackfriars Theatre, as su… Continue

Posted by ina centaur on April 23, 2009 at 2:26am

ina centaur

SL Shakespeare Company's Open-Ended Run goes into VARIATIONS

Yup, April has come -- and we were crazy enough to put on an open-ended run of Twelfth Night via Popular Cultures Analogues (playbill recast below) ... and we will now be presenting VARIATIONS.



Here's the old PR by Lora Constantine:

Shakespeare, Second Life: The virtual worlds performance of Twelfth Night, Act 1 unabridged, live and direct from the first folio returns and will play on… Continue

Posted by ina centaur on April 3, 2009 at 12:00am

Andrea Demonge

Shakespeare in Leather Binding

No, not THAT way! But, for those of you lo0king for an impressive display at a wonderful price, Barnes & Noble has their special edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works, bound in leather, for a seasonal clearance price of $19.99. (And I have to say, it improves the appearance of my desk, just by gracing it!)

Posted by Andrea Demonge on January 10, 2009 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

 
 

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