It was a blessed relief to hear the English language being spoken as it ought, by people with really beautiful voices, who know how to treat it with respect. I know: a couple of actors did mangle their pentameters. I could name them, but I won’t. Some jumbled and slurred. A few shouted when they didn’t have to, and a few got too over-the-top actory about it for my tastes. Most, though, were like a deluge of something ineffable, something like drugs. It was almost too intense. And I started getting that thing again, where the words float across my mind, visible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Lovely. I know just what she means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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