Favorite Audio Books?

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Favorite Audio Books?

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1AngelaB86
ag. 5, 2018, 12:30 pm

I like to listen to an audio book of whichever play I'm reading, as I read. I'd been listening to The Pendant Shakespeare, but the last one I listened to (Julius Caesar) had modern things thrown in, which I found jarring. Does anyone have a favorite production company for faithful adaptations?

2Crypto-Willobie
ag. 5, 2018, 4:04 pm

The Arkangel series is pretty good.

3proximity1
Editat: ag. 7, 2018, 5:11 am

>1 AngelaB86:

Shakespeare: Original pronunciation (The Open University)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s

Original Pronunciation - Hamlet - To Be, or not to be... - Ben Crystal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYiYd9RcK5M

"Original Pronunciation
English language texts in period speech"
http://originalpronunciation.com/


"This site is devoted to the production or performance of works from earlier periods of English spoken in original pronunciation (OP) – that is, in an accent that would have been in use at the time.

"The present-day movement to perform works in OP began in 2004, when David Crystal collaborated with Shakespeare’s Globe in an OP production of Romeo and Juliet. This was so successful that the following year the Globe mounted a production of Troilus and Cressida in OP. Subsequent interest from American enthusiasts led to OP Shakespeare events in New York, Virginia, and Kansas, ranging from evenings of extracts to full productions. As only a handful of works have so far been performed in OP, interest is growing worldwide to explore the insights that the approach can provide.

"I’m sure there must be other OP initiatives around the world, and until now there has been no place where they can be brought together. The time thus seems right to provide a website where people can find out about OP, archive their events, announce plans, and share their experiences of working with it and listening to it." ...



Despite its getting the authorship question (of course) completely and ridiculously wrong, this page ( a.pdf file download), Shakespeare’s Language | Raymond Hickey, | English Linguistics, University of Duisburg and Essen
has much to recommend it. See, especially, its notes on "Grammar" and all that follow these.