I’ll be speaking about Shakespeare’s accent, and giving a few blasts of Original Pronunciation, tonight on BBC Radio 3‘s The Verb, at 9.15pm…
Guests include the poets Caroline Bird, Laura Dockrill aka Dockers MC, Jen Hadfield and the musician Leafcutter John…
Tune in if you can…
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the BBC Radio Somerset interview scheduled for this morning has been cancelled!
Fear not, though, as the edition of The Verb recorded yesterday will play out tomorrow night on BBC Radio 3, at 9.15pm… Guests include the poets Caroline Bird, Laura Dockrill aka Dockers MC, Jen Hadfield and the musician Leafcutter John…
Tune in if you can…
Two radio interviews over the next two days…
Tomorrow (18th June, 11.05am) I’m catching up with BBC Radio Somerset‘s Elise Rayner, after last week’s wonderful bookshop event at Brendan Books…
And then on 19th June, 9.15pm, I’ll be on BBC Radio 3‘s The Verb, with Ian McMillan, talking in & about the accent Shakespeare spoke in, Original Pronunciation, ahead of next week’s talk at the Globe…
Tune in, if you can…
WhatsOnStage.com – June 2009
“Reading Shakespeare is like following the clues in a Sherlock Holmes novel,” insists actor and linguist Ben Crystal in this digestible and informative how-to guide.
The Bard’s plays, he explains, are manuals for Elizabethan actors on how to perform the most engrossing of soap operas, with blood, murder, lust and love aplenty. You just have to learn to decipher them.
By analysing Shakespeare’s language (from his use of pronouns to his choice of insults), Crystal’s explanations fizz and sparkle with educated clarity and infectious enthusiasm. One for all ages.
Hear Crystal at the Globe on June 22, the Way With Words festival in Devon on July 15 and at Camp Bestival, Dorset on July 25.
A review of the paperback of Toast, from WhatsOnStage.com‘s Laura Silverman:
Crystal’s explanations fizz and sparkle with educated clarity and infectious enthusiasm. One for all ages.
Click here to read more…
A new review just in, from the Spring edition of the esteemed Folger Magazine in Washington, USA (home to the Folger Institute and the biggest collection of First Folios!):
Notions that Shakespeare is stuffy, elitist, or just plain boring are knocked soundly on their heads in this engaging look at Shakespeare’s plays, characters, and language.
Click here to read more…
Up a considerable 3,345% (!), Shakespeare on Toast is no.5 today in The Book Depository‘s Fast Mover’s list..
Click here to see the list…
Toast has jumped to #257 in the Amazon sales rank, and is
#1 in Books > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Drama & Dramatists > 16th to 18th Centuries
#1 in Books > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > Shakespeare, William > Criticism & Study Aids
#2 in Books > Study Books > Undergraduate & Postgraduate > Arts & Humanities > Literature & Drama
Speaking tomorrow at Brendan Books (shortlisted for the Independent Bookshop of the Year) at 7pm:
Ben has been described at the “Jamie Oliver of Shakespeare” and will be covering facts about Shakespeare’s language, examples of how Shakespeare would have sounded in his day…
…says the Somerset County Gazette, and indeed I will…
Also, ahead of the talk I’ll be on Graham Torrington’s show on BBC Radio Bristol at 10am…
Tune in and turn up, if you can…!
Click the link below to listen…
