Shakespeare in the Original Pronunciation
Paul Meier, a theater professor at the University of Kansas, had his students this semester stage the first-ever American rendition of a Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in its original pronunciation.
According to The History Blog, there have only been “three other productions of original pronunciation (OP) Shakespeare before this one, 2 at The Globe theater in London, and 1 at Cambridge in the 1950s.”
The students worked with David Crystal, a linguist and the author of Pronouncing Shakespeare: The Globe Experiment
. Crystal worked on a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Globe Theater in London.
You can listen to audio from the Globe performance and watch some video from the student production at KU.
According to The History Blog, there have only been “three other productions of original pronunciation (OP) Shakespeare before this one, 2 at The Globe theater in London, and 1 at Cambridge in the 1950s.”
The students worked with David Crystal, a linguist and the author of Pronouncing Shakespeare: The Globe Experiment
. Crystal worked on a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Globe Theater in London.You can listen to audio from the Globe performance and watch some video from the student production at KU.
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