Original Pronunciation

English language texts in period speech

Sonnets

Pronouncing Shakespeare: The Sonnets
Pronouncing Shakespeare: The Sonnets
My reading of all the Sonnets (141Mb MP3)
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Sonnet 154
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Sonnet 153
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Sonnet 152
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Sonnet 151
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Sonnet 150
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Sonnet 149
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Sonnet 148
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Sonnet 147
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Sonnet 146
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Sonnet 145
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Sonnet 144
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Sonnet 143
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Sonnet 141
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Sonnet 140
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Sonnet 139
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Sonnet 138
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Sonnet 137
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Sonnet 136
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Sonnet 135
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Why bother with OP?

OP performance brings us as close as possible to how old texts would have sounded. It enables us to hear effects lost when old texts are read in a modern way. It avoids the modern social connotations that arise when we hear old texts read in a present-day accent.

In relation to Shakespeare and other poets...

  • Rhymes that don't work in modern English suddenly work.
  • Puns missed in modern English become clear.
  • New assonances and rhythms give lines a fresh impact.
  • OP illustrates what is meant by speaking 'trippingly upon the tongue' (Hamlet).
  • OP suggests new contrasts in speech style, such as between young and old, court and commoners, literate and illiterate.
  • OP motivates fresh possibilities of character interpretation.

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