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24 08, 2015

Shakespeare and OP: David Crystal’s approach

By | 2017-06-20T22:39:54+00:00 August 24th, 2015|Language Change, Shakespeare|0 Comments

I watched a lovely video where David Crystal and his son explain the changes in meaning that occur when Shakespeare is performed in its Original Pronunciation (OP). While most of the performances today use Received Pronunciation (RP) and many people genuinely believe this is the 'correct' or 'Shakespearean' way of speaking, this is actually far from the truth.  Crystal argues that many of [...]