Telegraph: Inspired by working with Kevin Spacey, Sir Trevor Nunn has claimed that American accents are "closer" than contemporary English to the accents of those used in the Bard's day.
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Deb
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Back in the 1970s, a college professor told our class that the English of Shakespeare's day was probably spoken with an accent very close to contemporary Appalachian dialects.
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Back in the 1970s, a college professor told our class that the English of Shakespeare's day was probably spoken with an accent very close to contemporary Appalachian dialects.
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