Finding Shakespeare |
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Author:
| Fromson, Daniel |
ISBN: | 978-1-937894-26-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | Atavist Incorporated
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $2.99 |
Book Description:
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In 2008, a troubled Vietnam veteran turned amateur actor named Hamilton Meadows became obsessed with a question: What did William Shakespeare's English sound like when the Bard and his actors spoke it? Others had asked the same thing before--the quest to piece together the pronunciation of Elizabethan English, the language as it was spoken during Shakespeare's lifetime, has captivated English scholars, theater directors, and romantic adventurers for two hundred years.
But if Meadows...
More DescriptionIn 2008, a troubled Vietnam veteran turned amateur actor named Hamilton Meadows became obsessed with a question: What did William Shakespeare's English sound like when the Bard and his actors spoke it? Others had asked the same thing before--the quest to piece together the pronunciation of Elizabethan English, the language as it was spoken during Shakespeare's lifetime, has captivated English scholars, theater directors, and romantic adventurers for two hundred years.
But if Meadows wasn't the first such seeker, he was undoubtedly the least likely among them. Thrice-divorced and struggling with alcoholism, he was a theater novice living off of military disability checks aboard a derelict yacht. For Meadows, staging the first-ever "original pronunciation" production of Shakespeare's work in New York City would become one last shot at redemption after a lifetime of tragedy.