The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, on Twitter

@IAM_SHAKESPEARE only has one purpose, to put the complete works of Willy Shakes on Twitter, line by line. All 112,000+ of them.

From all 100+ Sonnets, to King Lear, Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, A Midsummer Nights Dream… yeah all of them.

Every 10 minutes a new line, 24/7/365. Should take about 2 years, 13days..  and finish around August 24th 2011

Why? Well Why not?

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  1. mustelidmama on Sunday 9, 2009

    Sure, Why not.

  2. cantubury on Sunday 9, 2009

    I studied Shakespeare in High School and College, which is a lot to say for a dumb kid from Muncie==Well David Letterman went to College there too, but I wrote 2 thesis papers on Hamlet, he was indecisive, I thought I was too, till I just discovered I am just a procrastinator. I still say the King came back from Purgatory. no I am not, nor ever was Catholic, at least in this life.

  3. haley on Sunday 9, 2009

    haha! i love it :D

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  5. jenp on Sunday 9, 2009

    DIANA. ‘Tis not the many oaths that makes the truth,
    But the plain single vow that is vow’d true.
    What is not holy, that we swear not by,
    But take the High’st to witness. Then, pray you, tell me:
    If I should swear by Jove’s great attributes
    I lov’d you dearly, would you believe my oaths
    When I did love you ill? This has no holding,
    To swear by him whom I protest to love
    That I will work against him. Therefore your oaths
    Are words and poor conditions, but unseal’d-
    At least in my opinion.

    In other words, thank you for your tweets.

  6. George Polley on Sunday 9, 2009

    W ditto the why not. Old Will just might like it himself.

  7. Rhonda on Sunday 9, 2009

    I just LOVE this!!! For those with iPhones, you can download the complete works–the FIRST app I downloaded!–for FREE. I have ALL of Will’s wonderful words with me all the time!!!

  8. Stephanie Cowell on Sunday 9, 2009

    Very nice to e-mail Will after being so fond of him. I am the author of two novels with Shakespeare as main character, published by w.W. Norton (who, you know, also publishes the First Folio replica). Novels are: “Nicholas Cooke” and “the Players: a novel of the young Shakespeare.”

  9. elpida on Sunday 9, 2009

    I ponder on today’s news, and wonder whether Shakespeare would be included in the mob frenzy armed with stones throwing them at Palanski, a genius who gave as wonderful great works…I also wonder what Shakespeare ever did to be ban and censored by Dr Bowdler…

  10. Keehun on Sunday 9, 2009

    Where did you get the complete text of Shakespeare in electronic format?

  11. joshua on Sunday 9, 2009

    @keehun
    Google

  12. LovesShakes on Sunday 9, 2009

    wow, this is crazy! how are you doing it?? that’s cool you’re on A&C. I played Iras last summer!

  13. Sydney Newman Dotson on Sunday 9, 2009

    Oh William, oh William, where art thou William? I’ve been looking for you for oh so long time. Then you found me and I am no longer lost. Thank you for warm prose!

  14. Rhi on Sunday 9, 2009

    Every ten minutes? I assume it’s automated, cause while it’s amusing, and interesting, how the hell do you have the time. Gonna be hard to read, but read I will.

  15. Bryan on Sunday 9, 2009

    Haha. Nice.

    I’m doing the same thing, just with Nineteen Eighty-Four. But I have a different tactic, post as much until my ‘daily’ limit is reached, attempt a new tweet every 15 minutes until the limit is off then post as much as possible. Rinse and repeat.

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  17. Inua on Sunday 9, 2009

    so, this must be done electronically right?
    no way you are doing this every ten minutes.

  18. Gary Ploski on Sunday 9, 2009

    Great idea! Automation FTW!

  19. Marlovian on Sunday 9, 2009

    Hope you’re including ‘All is True’ and ‘Sir Thomas More’!