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mmmmmmm I m lilii mMMtKmmmmww tw i wnwMwmwwtm HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE NAMES m SHAKESPEARE mmmmmtmtm BY THEODORA URSULA IRVINE HrNDS. HAYDEN & ELDREDGE Class _r:_tC3-0-S Book 'XTCpg COEa?IGHT DEPOSIT. ^©BQver a play by Shakespeare is produced die- ouesions arise as to the correct pronunciation of thei names of the characters. So far as I am .aware there le no book which provides final information on this (Subject. The actor has to rely on the etatementc of' Other players of experience or seek his authority In many volumes. Much time is thus 'occupied and fro- <iuently without reaching absolute conclusions. The oustOTi in pronunciation la oftoo detormined toy the necessities of metre and sometimes (as in the case of " Jaques" in "As You Like It" ) the same name bestowed upon separate persons is pronounced in two ways -""My brother Jaques"( Jack) and "The melancholy Jaques** CJa'kwes). Mfes Irvine's book "How to Pronounce the Names in Shakespeare " will prove a boon to actors and to stage Ijtianagers no less than to the ordinary reader and stu- dent -- gathering as it does authority from all avail* able sources into one conpaot whole. It should JE>0. Karmly welcomed. X ^ ^^^y^^-^ HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE NAMES IN SHAKESPEARE THE PRONUNaATION OF THE NAMES IN THE DRAMATIS PERSONAE OF EACH OF SHAKESPEARE' S PLAYS, ALSO THE PRONUNCIATION AND EXPLANATION OF PLACE NAMES AND THE NAMES OF ALL PERSONS, MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS, ETC., FOUND IN THE TEXT WITH FOREWORDS BY E. H. SOTHERN AND THOMAS W. CHURCHILL AND WITH A LIST OF THE DRAMAS ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY INDICATING THE PRONUNCLA.TION OF THE NAMES OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE PLAYS BY THEODORA URSULA IRVINE I DRAMATIC READER AND TEACHER OF DICTION CAKNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK CITY HINDS, HAYDEN & ELDREDGE, Inc. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO ft\ I . Copjnight, 1919, by Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc. FEB 2u t9i9 S)CI.A5I240 7 TO ^ ALL WHO WOULD HONOR THE SHAKESPEARE THEY LOVE, BY PRONOUNCING CORRECTLY I THE NAMES HE HAS IMMORTALIZED Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue: Hamlet, Act III, Scene 2, lines 1-2. PUBLISHERS' NOTE SPECIAL POINTS ABOUT THIS VOLUME 1. It is the first and only book in the English language that gives the pronunciation of all the proper names found in Shakespeare's plays. 2. It adds many place-names that are omitted by both Bartlett's Concordance and Clarke's — such names as Bangor, Tower Gates, Windsor Park, etc., which are not in the text proper of Shakespeare but only in the stage directions. 3. It includes besides, a brief explanation of each name, whether historical, geographical, mythological, or otherwise, with specific references to act, scene, and line. 4. It designates in the Alphabetical Index, by the use of black-faced type, the names of aU persons who take part in any way in the plays, whether as speaking characters or as supernumeraries, so that the student may discern at a glance whether the person be an actor in the play or merely mentioned in the text. 5. It differentiates genealogically the characters in the historical plays; e. g., the Duke of Somerset in 2 Henry VI is not the same individual as the Duke of Somerset in 3 Henry VI, although the same name, Edward Beaufort, is borne by each; such points as these are clearly set forth in the Alphabetical Index. 6. It quotes (in this Alphabetical Index) the preferences in prommciation of such scholars as Dr. Horace Howard Fumess, Jr., and Professor Brander Mat- thews, and of all the prominent Shakespearean actors of the day. Wherever reference is made to actors or vi Publishers* Note to other living authorities, the opinions quoted are, with a few exceptions, from personal correspondence or interview. Authority is cited in the case of dis- puted pronunciations and in many merely interesting instances. 7. Where a name occurs but once in all Shakespeare, the line, if metrical, is quoted. In addition other lines are occasionally quoted in corroboration of pronunciation. 8. Besides the alphabetical list of names in the dictionary proper, the book presents separately the complete Dramatis Persons of each play, so that by turning over the 47 pages at the back of the book, one may rapidly compare the separate lists of characters, instead of turning to thirty-seven different plays in possibly as many volumes. In those pages the Dramas are arranged alphabetically. A list is also given (page xl), grouping alphabetically the Comedies, the Tragedies, and the Histories. No attempt has been made to arrange a chronological list, since authorities differ so widely on the subject; 9. Separate sections are devoted to discussion of the pronunciation, respectively, of the Greek and Latin names, the ItaUan, the French, and the English names. 10. Under separate heads are brief discussions of Rhythm as Affecting Pronunciation, Anglicizing Foreign Nantes, Folios and Quartos, etc. 11. A carefully prepared Key to Pronunciation is a very important feature. The necessary detailed explana- tion of this Key is provided on page xUv. The student is thus enabled to verify his pronunciation, not only of the EngHsh words, but also of those adopted from foreign languages. BIBLIOGRAPHY Abbott, E. A. A Shakesperian Grammar. (London: Macmillan & Co, 1874.) Ayres, Harry Morgan. The Question of Shakspere's Pronun- ciation, in Shaksperian Studies, edited by Brander Mat- thews and Ashley Horace Thorndike. (New York: Col- umbia University Press, 1916.) Bartlett's Concordance. 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