A group of experts team up to reconstruct Richard III’s voice

SCOTT DETROW, HOST:

Yvonne Morley-Chisholm was on an annual retreat with other professionals when she had sort of a eureka moment.

YVONNE MORLEY-CHISHOLM: We were meeting in the city of Leicester. And I thought Leicester, Leicester – oh, didn’t they just find that guy under a car park?

DETROW: That guy she’s referencing is Richard III, the English king from the late 15th century – one mostly known these days as one of Shakespeare’s most iconic villains. His skeleton had been found two years earlier, buried under a parking lot – an exciting enough discovery for the general public, sure, but a game-changer for Morley-Chisholm, who’s a voice coach and

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