Shakespeare's pronunciation
Subtitle: a selection of readings by Helge Kökeritz from his book of the same name
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1954
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Subjects: Language; English language; Pronunciation; Early modern; Language and languages
Notes: "This record is an attempt to reconstruct the pronunciation used by William Shakespeare at the height of his career."

Complete phonetic transcriptions of the selections read will be found on p. 345-368 of the author's book with the same title (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1953).

Notes by Helge Kökeritz on container.
Table of contents: title: Sonnet 18; title: Sonnet 55; title: Our revels now are ended (The Tempest 4.1.148-58); title: I know a bank were the wild thyme blows (A midsummer night's dream 2.1.249-67); title: So may the outward shows be least themselves (The merchant of Venice 3.2.73-107); title: The quality of mercy is not strain'd (The merchant of Venice, 4.1.184-205); title: A fool a fool? I met a fool i'th' forest (As you like it 2.7.12-43); title: All the world's a stage (As you like it 2.7.139-66); title: This royal throne of kings (Richard II 2.1.40-68); title: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears (Julius Caesar 3.2.79-113); title: If it were done when 'tis done (Macbeth 1.7.1-28); title: To be or not to be, that is the question (Hamlet 3.1.56-90); title: Speak the speech, I pray you (Hamlet 3.2.1-50).