6.26 Speeches and Speech Prefixes

6.26.1 SGML

Consider using the <sp> tag in plays and both direct and indirect speech in prose works (note that TEI uses a special tag <q> for the latter).

<sp who="Claudius"><speaker>King.</speaker> Though yet of Hamlet our deere Brothers death
The memory be greene: and that it vs befitted
To beare our hearts in greefe, and our whole Kingdome
.... </sp>

<sp who="Pilate" type="spoken" direct="y">WHat is Truth</sp> ; {s}aid 
ie{{s}t}ing Pilate ; And 
would not {{s}t}ay for 
an An{s}wer . Cer{\-}

6.26.2 COCOA

Speeches in plays and both direct and indirect speech in prose works are tagged identically, using the <speaker xxx> and <tt xxx> tags. For indirect speech, use the indspch value for the <tt> tag.

<speaker Claudius><tt sppfx>King.<tt speech>Though yet of Hamlet our deere Brothers death
The memory be greene: and that it vs befitted
To beare our hearts in greefe, and our whole Kingdome
...

<tt speech><speaker Pilate>WHat is Truth<speaker -><tt text> ; {s}aid 
ie{{s}t}ing Pilate ; And 
would not {{s}t}ay for 
an An{s}wer . Cer\-