By Louis Scheeder and Shane Ann Younts. Designed for readers and actors, this book provides the pronunciation of every character name, geographic location, mythological reference, and unfamiliar words in all of Shakespeare’s 37 plays. The pronunciation is given in both phonetics and an easy-to-understand respelling system; alternate pronunciations based on the meter in Shakespeare’s verse, are included as well. A special chapter discusses techniques of verse speaking, while an appendix alerts readers to especially tricky passages in each play. Smith and Kraus. 292 pages. ©2002.
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