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> THE COMPENDIUM OF RENAISSANCE DRAMA is a CD-ROM database that contains > thousands of files including video, finding lists, animations, > timelines, maps, playhouses, images, a comprehensive character > dictionary, a comprehensive dictionary of Renaissance theatre persons, > an exhaustive topographical dictionary, and access to synoptic > treatments of every extant play of the popular English Renaissance > stage. > > This is an invitation to you, your colleagues and advanced graduate > students, to participate in this important project. > > The CORD was recently the specially-invited subject of a session at the > thirtieth annual International Shakespeare Conference in > Stratford-Upon-Avon and has been selected as the focus of a workshop at > the next Shakespeare Association of America meeting, to be held in > Victoria, British Columbia, in April of 2003. > > The CORD has been in preparation for over ten years and is soon to be > completed, but it now needs your help. > > Among the many dictionaries to be included will be a fully searchable > Character Dictionary that will list every character from the English > drama between 1485 and 1642. The final phase requires a team of scholars > willing to provide brief character notices from the plays of the English > Renaissance theatre. > > The Character Dictionary will be a who's who of every character to make > an appearance or to be mentioned in every English language play to be > presented on the popular English Renaissance stage. > > If you are interested in becoming involved, please see our web site. It > contains full details (including how to request an assignment). The link > follows: > > http://radar.ngcsu.edu/~bcorrigan/COMPENDIUM.HTML > > Please print and post, announce, or forward this invitation to anyone > you believe would be willing to contribute to the CORD. The editors of > THE COMPENDIUM OF RENAISSANCE DRAMA welcome your interest and hope to > work with you soon. > > All the best, > Brian > > Brian Jay Corrigan, J.D. Ph.D. > Professor, Renaissance Literature > General Editor, The Compendium of Renaissance Drama