The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 26.489  Wednesday, 21 October 2015

 

From:        Brian Corrigan <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

Date:         October 20, 2015 at 4:45:28 PM EDT

Subject:    THE COMPENDIUM OF RENAISSANCE DRAMA

 

Dear Hardy:

 

You might remember back in 2002 you were kind enough to post a call for scholars to contribute to an ambitious database project which had already been in the works by that time some 13 years. Little did I realize that would mark the ‘half-way point’. Nevertheless, as of this morning I am delighted to announce that The Compendium of Renaissance Drama (CORD) has found an online home.

 

The University of Georgia Library system will house the fully searchable database as an open access, free resource. No announcement yet as to when the database will be available for access, but I wanted to let you know in hopes that you would spread the word on SHAKSPER (which is prominent in the listing of CORD contributors, as indeed are you personally).

 

Briefly, the CORD is a five-million-plus-word database featuring synoptic treatment of every extant play from the English stage to have been performed in English between 1486 and 1642. It includes interactive maps, illustrations, finding lists of persons and plays, a complete prosopography of every character to appear or be mentioned on the Renaissance English stage, a complete topographical dictionary of every place-name mentioned in the period drama, animated stemma of the British monarchs from the Conqueror to Charles I and another of the Julio-Claudian Emperors, comprehensive timelines of playhouses, playing companies, and playwrights, all inter-linked to the relevant play synopses.

 

I will send you additional details (and links) when they become available. In the meantime, additional information is available by writing to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and I invite any SHAKSPER reader (and especially CORD contributors) to send me a post. I am anxious to reestablish contact with many who have moved onto new email accounts.

 

Warm regards,

Brian

 

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