Richard III: Folger Luminary Shakespeare app for iPhone and iPad

Richard III: The Folger Luminary Shakespeare reinvents tradition for the mobile age. Based on the Folger Shakespeare Library Edition of Richard III, this app makes Shakespeare’s great tragedy accessible to all readers.

• Enjoy a full-length audio performance of Richard III from the Folger Theatre. The play text scrolls as you listen. Additional takes provide alternative performances of key passages.

• Learn from the world’s leading Shakespeare experts in convenient, accessible commentaries on the play.

• Explore meticulously accurate texts, with scene-by-scene action summaries, and full explanatory notes from the Folger Editions, the choice of teachers and students for decades.

• Discover fascinating historical images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s collections

• Build a private network and share your notes, assignments, and commentaries with your friends, students, or peers—right within the app.

• Create your own collection of key passages, annotate them, and share with friends, colleagues, and readers worldwide.

• Customize your experience. The Folger Luminary Shakespeare: Richard III is quiet when you need it, social when you want it.

Discover Shakespeare as never before with Folger Luminary Shakespeare. Tradition reinvented for the mobile age.