Shakespeare and Voice

Linda Gates, Professor of Voice at Northwestern University (USA) discusses how Shakespeare's poetry and plays lend themselves to vocal performance by discussing how breath can be used to 'punctuate the thought'.
Date Published: 1 August 2012
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Contributors: Linda Gates
In Collection(s): William Shakespeare, Early Modern Drama on the Page and Stage
Keywords: #greatwriters, punctuation, poetry, henry V, voice, drama, shakespeare
Cite: Shakespeare and Voice by William Shakespeare at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/shakespeare-voice. Published on 01 August 2012. Accessed on 14 May 2026.
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