Shakespeare vs Democracy Test Kitchen

“It’s really great!” —Kenneth Branagh, actor and director “I can't remember a time it wasn't on my iPhone. So feature rich!" —Stephen Fry, actor and writer “‘The app’s the thing.’ Hamlet was almost right. Great to see Shakespeare Pro superplaying with Shakespeare’s plays.” —David Crystal, linguist and author of Shakespeare's Words “The Shakespeare Pro app is simply terrific and filled with loads of wonderful information!” —Ken Ludwig, Tony and Olivier Award Winning Playwright Shakespeare Pro® includes the complete works of Shakespeare (41 plays, 154 sonnets and 6 poems, including apocrypha) and search the concordance to find the exact word or phrase you’re looking for (with “relaxed” searching to find words close to your search term). Shakespeare Pro is packed with these impressive features: ••• QUALITY TEXTS are a top priority and our team spent years compiling and editing the best references available. In the updated editions, the text is even more clear and each individual character is uniquely identified. ••• FIRST FOLIOS AND QUARTOS in original spelling show the works as they were originally published in Shakespeare’s time. ••• AN INTEGRATED GLOSSARY, based on the bestselling lexicon by David & Ben Crystal, Shakespeare’s Words™ is included. Simply tapping on a word will display its definition in context (not just a general definition). ••• ADD YOUR OWN NOTES AND SHARE THEM with your students, classmates, friends, and colleagues. Organize your notes into notebooks for use in the classroom, theatre, or just to remember key facts. Then share them via email or AirDrop. ••• POWER SEARCH THE WORKS by customizing multiple parameters like gender, genre, work, language, line form, soliloquies, and more. ••• CUSTOMIZE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE by choosing from a variety of color themes, change the font family and size, display long or short character names, jump around to different scenes, and view line numbers (*read the note below about line numbering). ••• BOOKMARK YOUR FAVORITE PARTS in addition to remembering the last page you viewed. Even copy/paste that great line. ••• DETAILED SCENE BREAKDOWNS give you an overview of the scenes within each play, their locations, and the characters present in each. ••• CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS help you better understand the actions and motivations of every character—all 1,155 of them. ••• MODERN TRANSLATIONS and lexicons to help you better understand Elizabethan English (extra add-ons). ••• GET THE FACTS by reading up on Shakespeare’s life, view data and chronology about his works, and an overview of scansion terminology or rhetoric. Character Arc Visualizers show individual character arcs or allow for comparison of multiple characters. ••• SHAKE YOUR DEVICE for Shakespeare himself to display a random memorable quote or insult. Or get a new random quote every day. ••• BROWSE THE GALLERY of famous Shakespeare portraits. ••• TEACHER CURRICULUM makes it easy for teachers to introduce students to Shakespeare's works. ••• COMPLETE APOCRYPHA is the most comprehensive breakdown of 14 plays Shakespeare may have had a hand in. ••• BARDFIND™ is the easiest way to find a Shakespeare theatre or venue anywhere in the world. These are just a few highlights of the great things in Shakespeare Pro. If you’re a student, professor, actor, or just plain love the Bard, this must-have app ensures you have the complete works at your fingertips. Like the new features? Having trouble and need support? Let us know at support@playshakespeare.com or at http://support.playshakespeare.com.

NOT A GOVERNMENT APP: Democracy Test Kitchen is an independent, non-partisan project. It is not a government agency, and it does not represent any government, election office, political party, or candidate. For official election information, contact your state or local election office: https://www.usa.gov/election-office Democracy Test Kitchen is a free, non-partisan voter guide. Enter your address to see the races on your ballot, compare where the candidates stand on the issues you care about, and build a ballot plan to take with you when you vote. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See your ballot: the races and candidates for your address. • Answer short issue questions and compare the candidates' recorded positions side by side. Each position links to its source. • Build your ballot plan, then send it to yourself by email or text, or copy it. • Find out how to register and where to vote in your state. MADE FOR iPHONE • Election Day reminders: one the evening before and one the morning of. • Add Election Day to your calendar, with a link to your plan. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that count down to Election Day and show your progress. • Your plan is saved on your phone, so you can read it without a connection. • Shortcuts on the app icon, in Spotlight and in Siri open your ballot or your plan directly. SOURCES OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION The government information in this app comes from these official sources. Always confirm dates, deadlines and polling places with them. • Candidates, races and ballots: each state's official election office. Directory of every state and local election office: https://www.usa.gov/election-office (for example, Washington: https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections and Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections) • Voter registration: your state's election office. The official U.S. registration site: https://vote.gov • Election dates: each state's official election calendar, from the state's election office (https://www.usa.gov/election-office). • Polling places: your state's election office (https://www.usa.gov/election-office). • Congressional and legislative districts: Geocodio (https://www.geocod.io) matches your address to the district boundaries published by the U.S. Census Bureau: https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files.html Other sources: • Candidate positions: campaign websites, public statements, voting records, news coverage and social media. Each position in the app links to its source. • Primary dates: National Conference of State Legislatures: https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns • Officeholders and legislation: Open States (https://openstates.org) and LegiScan (https://legiscan.com). Full list of sources: https://www.democracytestkitchen.com/about NON-PARTISAN We do not tell you how to vote, and we do not take sides. When a candidate has not stated a position, we say so, or we label an inferred position and say what it is based on. PRIVACY No ads, no account, and we never sell your data. Your issue answers are not shared with anyone. Privacy policy: https://www.democracytestkitchen.com/privacy