Shakespeare on Toast » Original Pronunciation

Video clips from the Poland Talks…

Ben — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:07:27 +0000

From the series of talks I gave last week for Macmillan Poland…

Discussing the difference between performing Shakespeare in RP vs OP (Shakespeare’s accent); then performing Sonnet 116 in RP, and OP; and then reading from the opening chapter of Toast, Schwarzengger’s Hamlet…

OP at Shakespeare’s Globe for OU

Ben — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:58:20 +0000

Spent a fine morning being filmed running around the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre with Dad: he explaining the origins of the Original Pronunciation experiments, me acting some examples.

Performed excerpts from Henry V, Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and all of Sonnet 116 – which sounds SO different in Shakespeare’s accent – then were interviewed about our work together.

All for an Open University film. Lovely to work with Dad again. Lovely to be back in that terrific space.

Now to Poland to give a series of Shakespeare talks, Ash Cloud permitting… (has it really been capitalised?)

BBC Radio 3 – Listen to the interview here…

Ben — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:01:46 +0000

The interview clip from last week’s The Verb on BBC Radio 3, where I talked in & about Original Pronunciation – Shakespeare’s accent – with Ian McMillan is now up.

Listen here…!