Shakespeare’s Sonnets 12+

With performances & commentary

NatureGuides Ltd.

Designed for iPad

    • 4.3 • 3 Ratings
    • $14.99

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Description

A masterly app...As accessible as it is scholarly, it’s an extraordinary achievement, that brings the sonnets bracingly to life and definitively sets the bar for the future of digital reading.'
– Robert Collins, London Sunday Times

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.

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

The performance videos, running over two and a half hours, are just the beginning. Also included are the complete Notes and Introduction from the Arden Shakespeare, offering unsurpassed scholarly commentary and insight. Touch a mysterious line or difficult word in any of the poems and the corresponding Arden Note highlights to provide comprehensive explanation. 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.


Features include:

• Beautiful filmed performances of all 154 sonnets by an incredible cast of Shakespearian actors and experts
• The complete Arden edition text of The Sonnets plus A Lover’s Complaint
• The complete Arden Shakespeare notes and introduction fully integrated
• New commentary on The Sonnets by Don Paterson
• Facility to add your own notes on any sonnet
• High resolution facsimile of the original 1609 Quarto showing Shakespeare’s Sonnets as originally published
• Forty interviews with scholars and experts discussing the meaning of The Sonnets and their author
• Share-a-Sonnet allows you to send a sonnet to friends by email, Twitter or Facebook
• Second generation interface based on the acclaimed Faber / Touch Press literary app The Waste Land
• AirPlay enabled allowing the performances to be streamed full screen to AppleTV


The Sonnets are published by RGB, the people behind the best-selling iPad titles The Elements and The Waste Land. The Sonnets was produced and published in partnership with Faber and Faber, Illuminations and the Arden Shakespeare.

What’s New

Version 1.0.10

Minor bug fixes

Ratings and Reviews

4.3 out of 5
3 Ratings

3 Ratings

Skepticcat ,

Wonderful Resource From Touch Press

Yet again, Touch Press have come up with another winner. These developers have certainly set the gold standard for interactive educational apps. Fantastic resource for a teacher or student of Shakespeare. Fantastic app for the Shakespeare lover. Great brace of Shakespearian actors who do beautiful renditions of these beloved sonnets.

Some would consider Touch Press’s apps to be too pricey, but they are worth every single cent.

Brilliant!

Eddie in Geneva ,

Update please

This app doesn’t work any more on latest iPad software. Needs updating

Mara-anni ,

Brilliant!!!!

Worth every penny, this is one of the most amazing apps you'll ever see. It reinforces my reasons for loving my iPad.
Brilliantly made and polished and performed. I can't say enough about it.

One suggestion I would make: to be able to watch/listen to just my favorites list all the way through.

App Privacy

The developer, NatureGuides Ltd., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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