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.

Like any other language, English has evolved in the past 400 years. Not just by gaining and losing words, but with pronunciation too. Thomas Edison developed the first sound recording device in 1877, ...

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 ...

The Globe Theatre in London will soon become the first professional theater company in centuries to stage an entire run of a Shakespeare play in the original pronunciation. The actors in Troilus and ...

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 ...

When you speak of going to a film – let’s say Hamnet, for reasons that will become apparent – do you pronounce the f-word with two syllables or with one? Chances are if you’re well educated – or, like ...