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Quick Question - accent?

Fri, 31 July 2009, 11:02 am

JBurdon5 posts in thread

Hi all Quick question I am planning to audition for Arthur Miller's The Crucible and was wondering which accent would be best to use - I was thinking possibly Norfolk or Northumberland accent. For Hale, proctor and Paris. I get that Paris would be more of an English accent but for the rural folk like Proctor do you think there is a certain dialect which is better to use than another. Would this be appropriate? Any advice would be greatly appreciated Cheers John

Thanks but that's not right -

Sun, 2 Aug 2009, 10:10 pm

Walter Plinge

Thanks for the advice but I know that the play is set in Salem America, I am very familiar with the play and I know the speech patterns are set in the play by Arthur Miller - however it is also set in the time when the American accent hadn't been formed because the american accent started from the Irish settlers So the people of Salem in The Crucible would speak in a northern english accent as the settlers who travelled from england to america did at the time Anyhoo, Northumberland or Norfolk is fine according to the director Cheers for everything John

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Quick Question - accent?— JBurdon31 July 2009

I would— Logos31 July 2009
The Crucible is set in— Rebecca Jo2 Aug 2009
Thanks but that's not right - — Walter Plinge2 Aug 2009
Actually the English West— Walter Plinge3 Aug 2009

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