Shane Ann is co-author of “All the Words on Stage, A Complete Pronunciation Dictionary for the Plays of William Shakespeare”. “All the Words on Stage” is the first book to make the speaking of Shakespeare’s texts truly accessible to students, actors, and the general public.

It is an indispensable tool for the rehearsal studio, the theatre, and the classroom. This book makes it possible for you to pronounce every character name, geographic location, mythological reference, and any unfamiliar word in all 37 plays.

The pronunciation of each word is given in an easy to understand respelling system as well as with phonetics. Alternate pronunciations, based on the meter in Shakespeare's verse, are also included.

This reference book contains a chapter that discusses techniques of verse speaking and an appendix that alerts the reader to especially difficult words in each play. This expansive dictionary also lists the pronunciation of every Latin word and phrase in Shakespeare .

"Anyone who has dedicated numerous rehearsal hours to explore and prepare for a production of Shakespeare will be delighted that this useful tool, painstakingly put together by Louis Scheeder and Shane Ann Younts, is available. Their comprehensive pronunciation dictionary blends thorough academic expertise with the practicalities of helping actors navigate the splendidly perilous ocean of Shakespeare's language so that the actors can satisfy Hamlet's request to speak their speeches 'trippingly on the tongue'."

Joe Dowling, Artistic Director of the Guthrie Theater