[Magdalen] Richard III

[Scott Knitter]

Yes, to some degree we in the New World are the ones who kept the
traditional pronunciation of R, but I know that's overly general.

I used to enjoy watching a VHS tape I made off the CBC station in Windsor,
Ont., of a live broadcast production of Romeo and Juliet from the Stratford
Festival.

Stentorian Canadian English, mainly (with the notable exception of the UK's
wonderful Barbara Bryne as Nurse (she was Costanza Mozart's mom in the film
Amadeus, banging with her fan on the Emperor's foot demanding to be lifted
up to the stage). But one could tell when there were words the director had
instructed them to pronounce more English-ly, like "beauty" with a clear T
rather than "bewdy." "BeauTy too rich for use; for earth too dear!"

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:05 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 7/13/2017 9:37:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> eggerhaus1913 at gmail.com writes:
>
> I  watched this earlier today and share it with those who are  interested:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ty1oKi3DYY
> Grace and  peace,
> brud>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>
> And on the subject of Shakespeare, there is that new TV series,
> "Will," that features WS in his twenties.
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> It would be interesting for the producers to attempt historically
> accurate English, but they have, understandably, used actors
> with Received Pronunciation (BBC English).  There are some
> fascinating You Tube clips about the state of English at that
> time.  Most notably, to me, is that the language was rhotic.
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> http://search.aol.com/aol/video?q=Shakespeare+in+
> historic+language+you+tube&
> s_it=video-ans&sfVid=true&videoId=760B1BEAF409ADF0412E760B1BEAF4
> 09ADF0412E&v
> _t=keyword_rollover
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> David S.
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-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA