Shakespeare’s Sonnets for Android

9 things about Shakespeare’s Sonnets

1. All 154 sonnets are performed to camera by a star-studded cast including Sir Patrick Stewart (Star Trek, X-Men, Royal Shakespeare Company), David Tennant (Dr Who, Hamlet), Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), Fiona Shaw (The Waste Land, Harry Potter), Stephen Fry (The Hobbit) and Dominic West (The Wire).

2. The Sonnets presents William Shakespeare’s immortal collection of love poems in an interactive digital edition that allows you to explore, appreciate and understand this great work of literature as never before.

3. An alternative commentary on every sonnet comes from poet and musician Don Paterson, whose humorous and accessible style complements the academic rigour of the Arden Notes.

4. Touch a mysterious line or difficult word in any of the poems and the corresponding Arden Note highlights to provide comprehensive explanation.

5. Also included are the complete Notes and Introduction from the Arden Shakespeare, offering unsurpassed scholarly commentary and insight.

6. The Sonnets was produced and published in partnership with Faber and Faber, Illuminations and the Arden Shakespeare.

7. The Sonnets are published by RGB, the people behind the best-selling iPad titles The Elements and The Waste Land.

8. These performances – all specially filmed for the app – are synchronised to the text, which highlights line by line as each sonnet is spoken.

9. The performance videos, running over two and a half hours, are just the beginning.