U.K. company tries accents of Shakespeare's time

[nlindq]

A theatre company in London, England, will become the first in about 350 years to stage a complete Shakespearean play in its original pronunciation.I found this bit interesting: "Block says the production's 14 actors picked up the accent with relative ease, putting the play back in touch with its richness of sound. The actors also find they are

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[therealjae]

Oddly, just as you posted this, I was thinking about how long it had been since you'd posted. Twilight Zone time. ;-)

Anyway, it's a really cool idea. Though I'm a bit concerned by this "world expert in language and phonetics" I've never heard of. He claims to be "one the world's foremost experts on the subject of language" (which is sort of like claiming to be "one of the world's foremost experts on bodies"), but oddly, seems to have never held a full-time academic position. I could have recommended them several real historical sociophoneticians within spitting distance of London. Oh well.

-J