The Sonnet Project on Mobile 'App'

How about William Shakespeare's sonnets, dramatized by New York actors, downloaded as an app for your smartphone?  What a super-awesome idea!

Andrew Leonard says it perfectly in his article - "App of the Week:  The Sonnet Project":

But best of all, the medium and the message match! I’d have a hard time sitting still to watch an entire Shakespearean play on a small screen, but a sonnet is the perfect length. The clips are short: You can log in to the app, watch a sonnet, and log out in the time it takes to reheat your leftovers in the microwave for lunch ... This is high culture packaged for the attention-deficit-disorder generation. 

The brain child behind this is the New York Shakespeare Exchange, and here is a screen shot of their 'app' on my iPhone:

And here is a sampling of dramatizations they've done so far:

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I super-love this project!