Ben Crystal | Pt 4: Verse Overlap in Hamlet | Speaking the bright & beautiful English of Shakespeare

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

It's brilliant. With the overlap, we get something gloriously INTENSE!

[@daniellewalker256]

This is honestly great. I’ve never been at all interested in Shakespeare but I this really puts it in a different light. It’s so real. So much better.

[@alaskawatchers8045]

Absolutely powerful with the overlap!

[@OtterMoone]

This is lovely :) I wish I could watch the whole lecture, and also see Shakespeare's plays in OP and with the interjections as you all did. As an American, I always liked Shakespeare in school when I could read it, but his works never felt real or personal when performed due to the combination of archaic language and the Received Pronunciation most is spoken in today. These clips really gave me a new appreciation for him, thank you so much!

[@shakespeareontoast]

Ah I'm so glad to hear, thank you for saying so! The whole lecture is online, but in 8 sections - the British Council couldn't find the whole piece in one segment...

[@kori228]

@@shakespeareontoast I remember there used to be a single upload on YT with the whole lecture, seems to have been removed though.

[@bencrystal1947]

@@kori228 Yes, they owners lost it! It's up again now though: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3jRnJmqmbZ8otE

[@MissQuietRelxation]

Oh my! The male actor doing Claudius sounded so much like Robert Sean Leonard as Claudio in the film version of Much Ado About Nothing .. voices are eerily similar!

[@MoiraRussell]

This is amazing

[@satyabenson]

pdf of these lines with overlap: drive.google.com/file/d/1-Z9bwhWwZtgfjVzDLOvnayG0scoLLQ74/view?usp=sharing

[@Marjoriehannah]

Anyone know what book Bens talking about that mentions the overlapping of text?

[@shakespeareontoast]

Hi Marjorie, it's mentioned in both Springboard Shakespeare: Lear and Hamlet

[@Marjoriehannah]

@@shakespeareontoast Thanks for the reply! Gertrude's: "Oh my son what theme" interjection is beautiful - how do you know when everything else is meant to happen in regards to Shakespeare's advice to the players? How did you choose where to put the cues? Informed or instictive? P. S. You guys are great, im obsessed with OP - because its a sound system, could you do it with an Australian accent?

[@shakespeareontoast]

@@Marjoriehannah It's a lovely moment isn't it? Mixture of informed & instinct. Explored OP in NZ last year - any English accent in the world can layer in the OP sounds - Australian OP sounds great!

[@Marjoriehannah]

@@shakespeareontoast so where does one go/what could one read to get informed? Ive got a pretty decent uni library 😁

[@Marjoriehannah]

Also, any way to stay informed or be involved from Aus? You should defs do some workshops here!