Learning on Screen"Speak the Speech I Pray You": Pronouncing English As Shakespeare Did
- Alternative title
- Pronouncing English As Shakespeare Did
- Synopsis
- Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Rebecca Sheir talks ‘original pronunciation’ (OP) with Shakespearean actor Ben Crystal and his father, linguist David Crystal, one of the world’s foremost researchers on how English was spoken in Shakespeare’s time. The conversation offers a different perspective on the plays, from the puns and rhymes hidden by modern pronunciation to added meanings and the opportunity for quicker speech.
- Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Audio
- Recording date
- 2014
- Duration
- 28 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Richard Paul
- Contributor
- Ben Crystal; David Crystal; Rebecca Sheir
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama; English language and literature
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Elizabethan English
Notes
- Notes
- Podcast: http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited-episode-16 (accessed 3/2015).
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