Explore three texts of the world's greatest dramatist.
The power of the TEI XML, with the beauty of type history.
Shakespeare with XML and XSLT
What is Shakespeare XML?
TEI: a standard for the representation of texts in digital form
Shakespeare XML allows to read articles while travelling in time through six historical typographical and layout styles that span over five hundred years.
Project DocumentationTake a journey into Shakespeare's world as you have never done before!
Choose the opera you want to read.
We selected three operas of the english writer. Choose the one you want to read.
The Commedy Of Errors
After both being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antipholus and his slave Dromio go to Ephesus to find them. The other set of twins lives in Ephesus, and the new arrivals cause a series of incidents of mistaken identity. At the end, the twins find each other and their parents and resolve all of the problems caused earlier.
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The Tempest
Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero’s slave, Caliban, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by Prospero’s spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son Ferdinand, thought to be dead, falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda. Their celebrations are cut short when Prospero confronts his brother and reveals his identity as the usurped Duke of Milan. The families are reunited and all conflict is resolved. Prospero grants Ariel his freedom and prepares to leave the island.
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Two Gentelman Of Verona
Two best friends, Proteus and Valentine, travel to Milan where they both fall in love with Silvia. Silvia loves Valentine, but Proteus pursues her despite the fact he has a girlfriend at home. After an apology, Proteus and Valentine reconcile, Proteus loves his girlfriend again, and both couples marry.
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About the project
We combined different technologies in order to display the enriched text in a new way. In this project we used:
HTML
CSS
JAVASCRIPT
XML
XSLT
The team
Meet the projects team. We are all students from the master degree DHDK of the University of Bologna "Alma Mater Studiorum".
The Calabrian
Sara Vellone
After the Bachelor's Degree in Humanities at the University of Bologna (2018-2021), is now attending the Master's Dregree in DHDK.
The South Tyrolean
Olga Pagnotta
After the Bachelor's Degree in Humanities at the University of Bologna (2018-2021), is now attending the Master's Dregree in DHDK.
The Local
Stefano Renzetti
After the Bachelor's Degree at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Bologna (2010-2014), is now attending the Master's Dregree in DHDK.