The evolution of English pronunciation has eroded much of the evidence of the Bard’s wit—but a new approach aims to bring some of his original wordplay back to life. But! There’s another pun, too.

Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (BSF), working closely with world-renowned dialect and original pronunciation (OP) expert Paul Meier, will open Antony and Cleopatra, March 31 through April 23 at The ...

4 STRANGER THINGS 5 and THE FIRST SHADOW Connections: What To Know Like any other language, English has evolved in the past 400 years. Not just by gaining and losing words, but with pronunciation too.

Kody Grassett and Chelsea Evered in Underlings Theatre Company's production of "Romeo and Juliet." (Jeremy D. Goodwin for WBUR) Think of the most careful, precise, upper-class-sounding British accent ...

FAIRBANKS — David Crystal’s book, “Think on My Words: Exploring Shakespeare’s Language,” has been on my reading table lately. The section on phonology, “the study of the pattern of speech sounds used ...