Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words

How do you pronounce zounds Milan housewife and hundreds of other words in Shakespeare's plays? In this ingenious book Dale Coye has provided a guide to each significant word line-by line scene-by-scene in twenty of Shakespeare's most popular plays. More than a simple pronouncing dictionary Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words pays attention to scansion displays alternative pronunciations in different centuries and geographical areas and provides a simple pronunciation guide requiring no knowledge of lexicographic symbols. Now available in an affordable paperback edition Pronouncing Shakespeare's Plays will become a vade mecum (pronounced VAH-day MAY-cum) for actors students and general readers of Shakespeare.