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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-1NCY8YQ83W"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-1NCY8YQ83W'); </script> <title> Open Source Shakespeare: search Shakespeare's works, read the texts :|: Open Source Shakespeare                </title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <link href="/styles/oss-main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <script type='text/javascript' src='/inc/help.js'></script></head> <body style="background-color: #FEF3DE; background-image:url('/images/parchment4.jpg'); margin: 10px;"> <div id='pagebody'>  <div id='container' style='background-color: #FEF3DE; border: 1px solid black; z-index: 100; position: absolute; width: 760; margin-bottom: 10px;'> <div align='left' class='header'> <table style='background-image: url(/images/oss_new_logo.png); background-repeat: no-repeat;' height='50' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' width='100%'> <tr><form id='simplesearch' name='simplesearch' method='post' action='/search/search-results.php'> <td> <a href='/'><img src='/images/empty.gif' width='230' height='25' border='0'></a> </td> <td align='right' valign='middle'> <p class='medium_sans'><strong>SEARCH TEXTS</strong> <input name='keywordlist' type='text' size='20' maxlength='255' class='plaininput'> <input name='Search' type='submit' class='smallsearch' value='GO'>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td align='left' valign='middle' height='25' colspan='2' style='padding-left: 40px;'> <p class='medium_sans'><strong><a href='/views/plays/plays.php'>Plays</a>  <img src='/images/small_dingbat.gif' width='7' height='9' border='0' align='bottom' alt='+'>  <a href='/views/sonnets/sonnets.php'>Sonnets</a>  <img src='/images/small_dingbat.gif' width='7' height='9' border='0' align='bottom' alt='+'>  <a href='/views/poems/poems.php'>Poems</a>  <img src='/images/small_dingbat.gif' width='7' height='9' border='0' align='bottom' alt='+'>  <a href='/concordance/'>Concordance</a>  <img src='/images/small_dingbat.gif' border='0' width='7' height='9' align='bottom' alt='+'>  <a href='/search/search-advanced.php'>Advanced Search</a>  <img src='/images/small_dingbat.gif' width='7' height='9' border='0' align='bottom' alt='+'>  <a href='/about'>About OSS</a></strong></p> </td> </tr> </table></form> </div>  <div id='masthead' style='padding: 20px 0px 20px 0px;'> <img src="/images/oss-biglogo.gif" width="760" height="100" alt="Open Source Shakespeare: An Experiment in Literary Technology"> </div>   <div id='mainsection' style='background-color: #FEF3DE;'>  <div id='contentcontainer' style='margin-right: 0px; border: 1px solid #FEF3DE;'>  <div id='leftcolumn' style='width: 230px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 15px; position: absolute;'> <div style="text-align:center;"> <p class="playtextsmall"> <img src='/images/shakespeare-sepia.jpg' width='184' height='216' alt='William Shakespeare' border='0'><br> <em><strong> William Shakespeare<br>1564-1616</strong></em></span></b></p> </div> <p>Welcome to Open Source Shakespeare (OSS). Since it debuted in 2003, OSS has become one of the most popular Shakespeare sites on the Internet. It is used regularly by scholars, educators, and Shakespeare lovers around the world. <ul> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 15px -15px;">Use the powerful <a href="/search/search-advanced.php">Advanced Search</a></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 15px -15px;">Look up individual words in the <a href="/concordance">Concordance</a> (index)</li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 15px -15px;">View <a href="/statistics">statistics</a> about the plays and OSS</li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 15px -15px;"><a href="/views/plays/characters/char_search.php">Search for characters</a> and see a <a href="/views/plays/characters/chardisplay.php">list of all characters</a></li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 15px -15px;"><a href="/downloads">Download</a> the source code and database </li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 15px -15px;">Learn about <a href="/info/about_the_texts.php">the Shakespeare edition</a> used by this site</li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 15px -15px;">Read about <a href="/info/aboutsite.php">OSS's history</a> and how it was built</li> <li style="margin: 0px 0px 15px -15px;"><a href="/about/news.php">News</a> about changes to the site</li> </ul>  </div>  <div id='contentcolumn' style='margin-left: 260px; margin-right: 15px;'> <div class='smallbox'> <form name="simplesearch" method="post" action="/search/search-results.php"> <div class="searchboxtitle"> <em>SEARCH THE COMPLETE WORKS</em> </div> <div class='searchboxcontents'> <input name="keywordlist" type="text" class="plaininput" style='font-size: 18px; padding: 5px; width:100%;'> <div style="padding-left: 30px;"> <p style="font-size: 18px;"> <em>Search within</em></span><br> <select name="works[0]" class="playtextsmall" style='font-size: 18px;'> <option value="*" selected>ALL WORKS</option> <option value='allswell'>All's Well That Ends Well</option> <option value='antonycleo'>Antony and Cleopatra</option> <option value='asyoulikeit'>As You Like It</option> <option value='comedyerrors'>Comedy of Errors</option> <option value='coriolanus'>Coriolanus</option> <option value='cymbeline'>Cymbeline</option> <option value='hamlet'>Hamlet</option> <option value='henry4p1'>Henry IV, Part I</option> <option value='henry4p2'>Henry IV, Part II</option> <option value='henry5'>Henry V</option> <option value='henry6p1'>Henry VI, Part I</option> <option value='henry6p2'>Henry VI, Part II</option> <option value='henry6p3'>Henry VI, Part III</option> <option value='henry8'>Henry VIII</option> <option value='juliuscaesar'>Julius Caesar</option> <option value='kingjohn'>King John</option> <option value='kinglear'>King Lear</option> <option value='loveslabours'>Love's Labour's Lost</option> <option value='loverscomplaint'>Lover's Complaint</option> <option value='macbeth'>Macbeth</option> <option value='measure'>Measure for Measure</option> <option value='merchantvenice'>Merchant of Venice</option> <option value='merrywives'>Merry Wives of Windsor</option> <option value='midsummer'>Midsummer Night's Dream</option> <option value='muchado'>Much Ado about Nothing</option> <option value='othello'>Othello</option> <option value='passionatepilgrim'>Passionate Pilgrim</option> <option value='pericles'>Pericles</option> <option value='phoenixturtle'>Phoenix and the Turtle</option> <option value='rapelucrece'>Rape of Lucrece</option> <option value='richard2'>Richard II</option> <option value='richard3'>Richard III</option> <option value='romeojuliet'>Romeo and Juliet</option> <option value='sonnets'>Sonnets</option> <option value='tamingshrew'>Taming of the Shrew</option> <option value='tempest'>Tempest</option> <option value='timonathens'>Timon of Athens</option> <option value='titus'>Titus Andronicus</option> <option value='troilus'>Troilus and Cressida</option> <option value='12night'>Twelfth Night</option> <option value='twogents'>Two Gentlemen of Verona</option> <option value='venusadonis'>Venus and Adonis</option> <option value='winterstale'>Winter's Tale</option> </select> <input name="searchtype" type="hidden" value="like"> <input name="searchpage" type="hidden" value="simple"> <input name="pleasewait" type="hidden" value="0"> <input name="msg" type="hidden" value="sr"> <input name="characters[]" type="hidden" value="*"> <input name="genres[]" type="hidden" value="*"> <input name="lowdate" type="hidden" value="1"> <input name="highdate" type="hidden" value="9999"> <input name="sortby" type="hidden" value="WorkName"> <input name="displaytype" type="hidden" value="screen"> <input type='submit' name='Submit' value='Search' class='searchbox_go'></p> <p>For more search options, try the<a href="search/search-advanced.php"><strong> advanced search</strong></a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </form> <p class='sidebarworks_header'><a href="/views/plays/plays.php">Plays</a></p> <ul> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=allswell'>All's Well That Ends Well</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=antonycleo'>Antony and Cleopatra</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=asyoulikeit'>As You Like It</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=comedyerrors'>Comedy of Errors</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=coriolanus'>Coriolanus</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=cymbeline'>Cymbeline</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=hamlet'>Hamlet</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=henry4p1'>Henry IV, Part I</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=henry4p2'>Henry IV, Part II</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=henry5'>Henry V</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=henry6p1'>Henry VI, Part I</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=henry6p2'>Henry VI, Part II</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=henry6p3'>Henry VI, Part III</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=henry8'>Henry VIII</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=juliuscaesar'>Julius Caesar</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=kingjohn'>King John</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=kinglear'>King Lear</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=loveslabours'>Love's Labour's Lost</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=macbeth'>Macbeth</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=measure'>Measure for Measure</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=merchantvenice'>Merchant of Venice</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=merrywives'>Merry Wives of Windsor</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=midsummer'>Midsummer Night's Dream</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=muchado'>Much Ado about Nothing</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=othello'>Othello</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=pericles'>Pericles</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=richard2'>Richard II</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=richard3'>Richard III</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=romeojuliet'>Romeo and Juliet</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=tamingshrew'>Taming of the Shrew</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=tempest'>Tempest</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=timonathens'>Timon of Athens</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=titus'>Titus Andronicus</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=troilus'>Troilus and Cressida</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=12night'>Twelfth Night</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=twogents'>Two Gentlemen of Verona</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=winterstale'>Winter's Tale</a></li> </ul> <p class='sidebarworks_header' style='padding-top: 15px;'><a href="/views/sonnets/sonnets.php">Sonnets</a></p> <ul> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/sonnets/sonnet_view.php?range=viewrange&sonnetrange1=1&sonnetrange2=17'>1-17</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/sonnets/sonnet_view.php?range=viewrange&sonnetrange1=18&sonnetrange2=126'>18-126</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/sonnets/sonnet_view.php?range=viewrange&sonnetrange1=127&sonnetrange2=154'>127-154</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/sonnets/sonnet_view.php?range=viewrange&sonnetrange1=1&sonnetrange2=154'>All sonnets</a></li> </ul> <p class='sidebarworks_header' style='padding-top: 15px;'><a href="/views/poems/poems.php">Other poems</a></p> <ul> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/poems/poem_view.php?WorkID=loverscomplaint'>Lover's Complaint</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/poems/poem_view.php?WorkID=passionatepilgrim'>Passionate Pilgrim</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/poems/poem_view.php?WorkID=phoenixturtle'>Phoenix and the Turtle</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a href='/views/poems/poem_view.php?WorkID=rapelucrece'>Rape of Lucrece</a></li> <li class='homeplaylist'><a 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