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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: 01 August 2012
Contributors:
Linda Gates
In Collection(s): Early Modern Drama on the Page and Stage, William Shakespeare
Keywords:
shakespeare, drama, voice, henry V, poetry, punctuation, #greatwriters
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite: Shakespeare and Voice by Linda Gates at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/shakespeare-voice. Published on 01 August 2012. Accessed on 31 October 2025.

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