Shakespeare, Alun Armstrong, and Accents

Totally fascinating video about how Shakespeare originally sounded.

For your Alun Armstrong fans, this video explains why Brian Lane's Shakespeare monologue in New Tricks' "Final Curtain"--in his broad North East Londoner accent--is so fantastic!

Alun Armstrong is in fact a renowned Shakespearean actor AND he played Thénardier in Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert.