RE: The United States of inclusivity
December 6, 2020 at 9:09 pm
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2020 at 9:30 pm by Belacqua.)
(December 6, 2020 at 8:20 pm)Chas Wrote:(December 6, 2020 at 7:42 pm)Belacqua Wrote: No one can enjoy Shakespeare plays where Italian people speak English. It just isn't realistic.
I think you're missing the point. That is the way the plays were written, and some Italians do in fact speak English.
So Milanese sailors speaking Shakespearean English seems realistic to you, but Samir Bhamra playing Cymbeline would not be enjoyable.
(December 6, 2020 at 8:58 pm)░I░G░N░O░R░A░M░U░S ░ Wrote: with their hands?
Of course it's likely that teenagers from old Veronese aristocratic families would carry out their love affairs in Shakespearean English. Or so I'm told.