Shakespeare's original pronunciation : [speeches and scenes performed as Shakespeare would have heard them].
How did Shakespeare sound to the audiences of his day? This disc offers listeners the chance to hear England's greatest playwright performed by a company of actors using the pronunciation of his time. Under the guidance of Ben Crystal, actor and expert in original Shakespearian pronunciation...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
British Library Board,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- Sonnet 116 : in modern English / reader: Ben Crystal
- Sonnet 116 : in original pronunciation / reader: Ben Crystal
- Sonnet 18 / reader: Joan Walker
- Sonnet 71 / reader: Natalie Thomas
- Sonnet 154 / reader: Matthew Mellalieu
- A midsummer night's dream : from Act 3 / Oberon: Philip Bird
- As you like it : from Act 2 / Jaques: Colin Hurley
- Hamlet : from Act 3 / Hamlet: Matthew Mellalieu
- Henry V : from Act 3 / Henry V: Benjamin O'Mahoney
- Macbeth : from Act 2 / Macbeth: Colin Hurley
- Richard II : from Act 5 / Richard II: Ben Crystal
- The winter's tale : from Act 3 / Hermione: Rebecca Pownall
- As you like it : from Act 2 / Jaques: Philip Bird
- The merchant of Venice : from Act 4 / Portia: Natalie Thomas
- The two gentlemen of Verona : from Act 4 / Launce: Matthew Mellalieu
- Richard III : from Act 4 / Queen Margaret: Joan Walker
- Richard III : from Act 1 / Gloucester: Colin Hurley
- The tempest : from Act 5 / Prospero: Hilton McRae
- Twelfth night : from Act 2 / Malvolio: Ben Crystal, Viola: Rebecca Pownall
- The comedy of errors : from Act 3 / Antipholus of Syracuse: Colin Hurley, Dromio of Syracuse: Benjamin O'Mahony
- Romeo and Juliet : from Act 2 / Romeo: Benjamin O'Mahony, Juliet: Natalie Thomas
- Much ado about nothing : from Act 4 / Benedick: Ben Crystal, Beatrice: Rebecca Pownall
- Julius Caesar : from Act 3 / First Plebeian: Benjamin O'Mahony, Third Plebian: Colin Hurley, Antony: Philip Bird, Fourth Plebian: David Crystal, Second Plebian: Rebecca Pownall
- Twelfth night : from Act 3 / Feste: Hilton McRae, Viola: Rebecca Pownall
- Hamlet : from Act 2 / Hamlet: Ben Crystal, Rosencrantz: Simon Manyonda, Guildenstern: Benjamin O'Mahony
- Othello : from Act 4 / Desdemona: Natalie Thomas, Æmilia: Joan Walker
- King Lear : from Act 1 / King Lear: Hilton McRae, Goneril: Suzanne Sylvester, Cordelia: Natalie Thomas, Regan: Rebecca Pownall
- Macbeth : from Act 2 / Lennox: Simon Manyonda, Macbeth: Colin Hurley, Macduff: Philip Bird, Lady Macbeth: Suzanne Sylvester, Banquo: Matthew Mellalieu, Donalbain: Benjamin O'Mahony, Malcolm: Ben Crystal.