Thursday, May 28, 2015

How to Pronounce the Names in Shakespeare

Theodora Ursula Irvine - How to Pronounce the Names in Shakespeare (1919)

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Here's almost 400 pages of pronunciation guides to names in Shakespeare, so many names. Interestingly, Irvine, a speech teacher, wasn't trying to recover pronunciation from Shakespeare's time but instead worked with actors and scholars to determine appropriate pronunciations for her time.