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  • Michael
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    I am presently ploughing through the BBC DVD set of the complete Shakespeare plays and I am doing fine with the "modern" versions, thank you, mainly because the DVDs are presented with subtitles. I don't think I could cope with the "original" versions which can only be approximations. Unless somebody had an Elizabethan tape-recorder, I doubt if anybody can be entirely accurate about the pronunciation.
    Slightly off-topic, but I am concentrating on the lesser-known (and lesser regarded) plays such as "Henry VIII" and "Titus Andronicus". I don't know if they are great art but I'm enjoying them. They are at least as good as "Doctor Who".
    And don't get me started on the Doctor. He's great!

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  • Chris
    started a topic Performing Shakespeare in its original pronunciation

    Performing Shakespeare in its original pronunciation

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQvD2Hj-Odc

    Interesting, and somewhat analogous to the use of period instruments/HIP in music!
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