Shakespeare and Original Prononciation

[PetiteParisienne]

I'm a bit of a Shakespeare nerd, so I found this video to be fabulously interesting. It compares the modern English accent, Received Pronunciation, to the early modern English accent - common during the Elizabethan and Jacobian eras - known as Original Pronunciation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s&feature=player_embedded

[Comte Arnau]

The young guy's got a great voice.

I'm not a Shakespeare nerd, but I love his sonnets. I've always found it so lame when people read them with modern pronunciation, making the final powerful rhymes often fail.

[PetiteParisienne]

The young guy's got a great voice.

I'm not a Shakespeare nerd, but I love his sonnets. I've always found it so lame when people read them with modern pronunciation, making the final powerful rhymes often fail.

I agree! Twelfth Night is on at the Globe this summer, but it's already completely sold out!!!!!