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How did Shakespeare speak?

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Forget Laurence Olivier or Judi Dench - here's how William Shakespeare himself would have spoken. Linguist David Crystal and actor Ben Crystal demonstrate Original Pronunciation or OP to Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright. First broadcast on Word of Mouth, 26 January 2016.

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