Earlier English Pronunciation

[Joel S. Berson]

Browsing in Leonard Maltin's "Classic Movie Guide" (2005), I find
that he writes about Orson Welles' "Macbeth" (1948; 89 min.):  "Most
revival houses now show Welles' original version, which runs 105m.
and has the actors speaking with authentic Scot accents."

To my regret he doesn't say Scot accents of what period, nor what
accent is used in the 89 min. version. Nor for that matter whether
the text is translated into modern English (Scots?).

Joel

At 6/16/2010 09:31 AM, Dave Wilton wrote:
>After posting, I emailed a colleague who specializes in medieval drama to
>ask this very question. His response was that the usual practice for modern
>performances is not only to use modern pronunciation, but to translate the
>works into modern English as well.

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