A.Z. Foreman | "Oh my offense is rank" from Act 3 Scene 1 of Hamlet, read in Early Modern Pronunciation @a.z.foreman74 | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 8 hours ago
My reading of the passages where Claudius tries to pray and Hamlet almost murders him, in early 17th century pronunciation. The actual text begins at 0:35
This is yet ANOTHER passage from Hamlet I've done in the so-called "original pronunciation" i.e. a reconstruction of how (a couple varieties of) London English was pronounced in the early 1600s, from your friendly neighborhood historical linguist and poetry nerd.
I voiced Hamlet in the usual relatively innovative but "cultivated young person circa 1600" type of speech that I've used for his lines so far, and voiced Claudius in a more conservative type of speech with preservation of velar fricatives even in words like "enough", low mid-vowels, a diphthong in words like "law" etc.
Oh and I decided that my middle initial is pronounced "Izzard" in Early Modern English
Anyway, if you like this video and want to help me make more things like it, wherein I read texts in dead accents, consider making a pledge at my patreon.
http://patreon.com/azforeman
There you can get access to all kinds of subscriber-only stuff like my weekly readings of Shakespeare's sonnets and the King James Bible in various 17th century accents, and you'll get advance access to my public recordings as well. (This video in particular, for example, was released 18 days early to subscribers, and as of this writing there are another two pieces from Shakespeare's plays that I've recorded, which are still only available to subscribers).
Got questions? (Like "Why does this not sound like Crystal's OP!?") Check my FAQ
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My reading of the passages where Claudius tries to pray and Hamlet almost murders him, in early 17th century pronunciation. The actual text begins at 0:35
This is yet ANOTHER passage from Hamlet I've done in the so-called "original pronunciation" i.e. a reconstruction of how (a couple varieties of) London English was pronounced in the early 1600s, from your friendly neighborhood historical linguist and poetry nerd.
I voiced Hamlet in the usual relatively innovative but "cultivated young person circa 1600" type of speech that I've used for his lines so far, and voiced Claudius in a more conservative type of speech with preservation of velar fricatives even in words like "enough", low mid-vowels, a diphthong in words like "law" etc.
Oh and I decided that my middle initial is pronounced "Izzard" in Early Modern English
Anyway, if you like this video and want to help me make more things like it, wherein I read texts in dead accents, consider making a pledge at my patreon.
http://patreon.com/azforeman
There you can get access to all kinds of subscriber-only stuff like my weekly readings of Shakespeare's sonnets and the King James Bible in various 17th century accents, and you'll get advance access to my public recordings as well. (This video in particular, for example, was released 18 days early to subscribers, and as of this writing there are another two pieces from Shakespeare's plays that I've recorded, which are still only available to subscribers).
Got questions? (Like "Why does this not sound like Crystal's OP!?") Check my FAQ
patreon.com/posts/faq-64053058
