tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post3089404955041291637..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Advice for Young ActorsBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-43034697808356526032008-07-25T08:11:00.000-07:002008-07-25T08:11:00.000-07:00I'm not a dialects person either, but I've chased ...I'm not a dialects person either, but I've chased down tons of people who are and the general consensus of those 'in the know' seems to be that it's the Appalachian tongue that's closest to Shakespeare's own. That the mountains have served as an insulator and protected the mother tongue of their earliest immigrants. <BR/><BR/>Speaking from personal experience, and this isn't to do with dialect expressly but it goes to the same point, I'm amazed and excited at how often I hear my grandfather, a deep-wood West Virginia fellow, as he’ll tell you himself, using words or phrases that are more relevant to Shakespeare's time than our own. <BR/><BR/>You won’t find half of his words in a dictionary, but you WILL find them in the likes of Johnson, Raleigh, and even Marlowe. <BR/><BR/>And Shakespeare. Of course. <BR/><BR/>It's fascinating and I’d love to have time to further study it but for now I just accept, and am content with, the possibility that my native mountain tongue (so mocked by the masses) may have a higher pedigree than it gets credit for. <BR/>:)Buffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529901414066479088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-27341027829859859072008-07-24T19:03:00.000-07:002008-07-24T19:03:00.000-07:00JM, I know! SSE is GREAT! I wish my campus would...JM, I know! SSE is GREAT! I wish my campus would bring them in for a performance, but we're out of their common touring area.<BR/><BR/>Liza, Oh, that's interesting! I've heard somewhere in Appalachia, but I'm really not a dialects person.<BR/><BR/>TBTAM, Thanks :) So what did your daughter think?<BR/><BR/>Dan, Shakespeare did write some great lines, didn't he? :)Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-10577554698135499462008-07-24T15:33:00.000-07:002008-07-24T15:33:00.000-07:00When I was young and starting out, I was having a ...When I was young and starting out, I was having a blast until I tried Shakespear...Now I recite the lines for fun. Takes years to get it just right.Art Personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894413381677047376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-91873973307305084742008-07-23T09:44:00.000-07:002008-07-23T09:44:00.000-07:00Great advice! My daughter has done Twelfth night a...Great advice! My daughter has done Twelfth night and Midsummer Night's Dream, and I will share this post with her. <BR/><BR/>As for the so called "minor characters", who can ever forget Sir Toby Belch or Andrew Aguecheek?Margaret Polaneczky, MD (aka TBTAM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16555722791007332247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-14810477050296869462008-07-23T09:31:00.000-07:002008-07-23T09:31:00.000-07:00I had a Shakespeare professor once tell us that th...I had a Shakespeare professor once tell us that the closest modern day approximation to Shakespeare's actual accent would be a Jamaican accent!Liza Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105726464955172469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-7400800972133148452008-07-23T09:02:00.000-07:002008-07-23T09:02:00.000-07:00I get so happy when someone mentions Shenandoah Sh...I get so happy when someone mentions Shenandoah Shakespeare Express. They are (were, for me, circa 90-92) so awesome.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138401393364371648noreply@blogger.com