Speaker: Yvonne Morley-Chisholm

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What started for Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, voice teacher and specialist vocal coach, over ten years ago as an after-dinner entertainment to compare Shakespeare’s character with what we know of the real man, developed quickly into a research project with a unique focus: to explore the possibility of recreating a literal voice for a long-dead King. Experts from various fields came together in a pioneering collaboration to build the vocal profile, the results of which made international news.

In addition to experts in Historical Human Reconstruction and Linguistics/Original Pronunciation, other professionals were recruited  to help flesh out the vocal profile including experts from the fields of otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), speech and language therapy, dentistry, ethology (human behavior from a biological perspective), genetics, physio-therapy, forensic-psychology, archaeology as well as researchers and historians using contemporary materials: documentation created during Richard’s lifetime including the music, literature and the religious practice of this King.

The work to date provides important educative value to scholars and to the public at large in understanding more about the last Plantagenet King of England.

In effect, King Richard III has spoken for himself.