SHAKESPEARE on Pugnax. RRRRuff

[Mark Kohut]

I have the same doubts, Ish, felt they might be overselling,  perhaps acting as if such nuance when publicizing would get their work inspiring new productions nowhere. I would think in their published work, they would deal with what you say. 

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> On Apr 17, 2016, at 7:42 AM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks, Mark. Listened. Not sure if I agree entirely. The exact rhyme
> argument doesn't convince me. There is no reason why the last words of
> the famous couplet cited,   Loved and Proved,  must be read as an
> exact or perfect or true rhyme. The words do rhyme and Shakespeare and
> others of the period and those on his heels, like Milton, use slant,
> half, eye, etc...rhyme ....wind is coupled with kind.
> 
> The players were, like Shakespeare, more working class than members of
> the court, though how they played the kings and queens and princes,
> gravediggers and bellows menders, even with the linguistic commentary
> and reviews, is still very difficult to determine. Still, I applaud
> the thesis and its implications for the teaching of the Bard.
> 
> http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/04/21/how-shakespeare-lives-now/
> 
>> On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I just heard David and Ben Crystal on that  show that Kurt Anderson syndicates
>> Thru NPR. The Crystals are a linguist, or maybe both, dunno, and shakespeare scholars who have been bringing to light the original pronunciation of Shakespeare--and getting plays produced that way, etc.
>> 
>> Well, one of the them said, in OP ( Original Pronunciation) , many words sound closer to their meaning. Take ' war'....it isn't Dogs of war, soft, or waar, so to speak....it is Dogs of WARR (growled) RR, so to speak...
>> 
>> That Pynchon...giving Pugnax those hard RRRs....
>> 
>> This was/is great radio, a great piece.
>> 
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