Front Row [14/03/2012]

Synopsis: Radio arts review programme presented by Mark Lawson. Includes an interview with actor Ben Crystal on what Shakespeare’s plays sounded like when first performed. Crystal demonstrates with examples from Hamlet and the Sonnets how listening to Shakespeare performed this way changes our understanding of his language.
Series: Front Row
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 14 Mar 2012 at 19:15 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
Duration: 30 mins

Production type: Documentary/Educational/News
Plays: Hamlet
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: language; pronunciation; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Linguistics; Elizabethan English
Related items: Royal Shakespeare Company Special: Michael Boyd Interview

General: See also: Shakespeare’s original pronunciation CD (separate entry), published by the British Library on 14 March 2012, price £10.00. The disc contains 28 recordings, duration 75 minutes (ISBN 978 0 978-0-7123-5119-5). The recordings are copyright of the British Library Board.

The CD is available from the British Library Shop (tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7735 / e-mail: bl-bookshop@bl.uk) and online at www.bl.uk/shop as well as other bookshops throughout the UK

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