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SIP Editors, Measure for Measure. To Aug. 4, 2013.
Original Shakespeare Company, As You Like It. To Jun. 23, 2013.
SIP Editors, King Henry VIII. To Aug. 4, 2013.
American Shakespeare Center, All's Well That Ends Well. To Nov. 29, 2013.
American Shakespeare Center, Return to the Forbidden Planet. To Dec. 1, 2013.
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The Internet Shakespeare Editions Incorporated

Puck: What, a play toward! I'll be an auditor;
An actor too perhaps, if I see cause.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 3.1.68-9

The Internet Shakespeare Editions (ISE) is a non-profit corporation, created by letters patent of the Federal Government of Canada. It is affiliated with the University of Victoria both through its academic structure and through the support of the University of Victoria Libraries. Our initial development was also supported by the Innovation Development Corporation (IDC), the developmental arm of the University.

Our Mission

The general mission of the ISE is to stimulate a love of Shakespeare's works in a world-wide audience. We do this by:

  • Publishing the works, performances, and commentaries upon them in a form native to the Internet and other electronic media;
  • Providing wide access to the works by making them freely available;
  • Acquiring high quality texts and multimedia materials of relevance to Shakespeare;
  • Assisting scholars, students, and the general public in acquiring and maintaining an interest in and general knowledge of the works of William Shakespeare and those of his contemporaries;
  • Encouraging scholarship, commentary, and analysis of the works and the history of their times.

Board of Directors

The ISE is directed by a distinguished Board of Directors, consisting of representatives of a variety of audiences that the ISE site appeals to.

Advisory Boards

In addition to the Boad of Directors, the ISE has three Advisory Boards:

  1. An Editorial Board of distinguished scholars that advises on academic matters. The Board has representatives from the areas of Shakespeare Studies (editorial, critical, and performance), Textual Analysis, and Humanities Computing.
  2. An Advisory Board for the acquisition of performance materials.
  3. An Advisory Board on Theater History, and the performance database (under development).

Feedback on the site

Judging by your comments, we are achieving our mission:

Recent comments from students. . .

Eloise (Tuesday, May 6, 2003 )
I would just like to congragulate you on your great website.It has an easy format to understand and has lots of information. Thanks a bunch for all the work you put into it.

Becky (Thursday, February 27, 2003)
I have had to do a 50 page project on James I and this website has helped me so much during the past 4 weeks.
By this web page i have achieved an A* and i am so happy. This web site does wonders for your brain and mind. THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH.

Marcus Fuchs (Sunday, April 14, 2002)
Dear Michael,
Your website was the best I found about Shakespeare and his time. I was suprised even to find some audio files and very good maps. Your site helped me to prepare a good talk for English.
Thank you very much,
Marcus Fuchs
(german pupil of a grammar school)

Bailey (from the UK) (Thursday, May 16, 2002)
Hi, just thought I would let you know that this site is quite brilliant! Easy to navigate with incredible content this site has helped me enormously to understand the historical and social context of Shakespeare's works. It has been phenomenally useful. Thank you.

. . . and from teachers

Prof. M. Sheila McAvey (Friday, January 3, 2003)
What a treasure trove of material here! Bless you! Bless you for offering such relevant, engaging information. The Shakespeare course for working college students that I will present this term is going to be far richer and complex than I could have imagined. And I will praise your site at every opportunity. Teaching five courses a term does not leave much time for doing the source-searching that is so handy here.

Rebecca Laroche, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)
Comments: I hope it is okay if I add a smart syllabus link to this site on early English drama. It is wonderfully visual and will help tremendously with this week's lesson on Everyman.

We need your continuing interest and feedback to inform us on how well we're doing to keep the ISE current and in the forefront of Shakespeare sites. Please send your comments and questions through our feedback form.

Look for coming developments over the next year on this page:

  • A multimedia CD ROM based on the site and other teaching software connected with Shakespeare.
  • A donations page for individuals interested in contributing to the further growth of the site.
  • A Performance Database which will offer a growing archive of Shakespeare as his plays are performed around the world.