To bay, or not to bay?

That, very likely, was the question.

Traditionally, we have seen Shakespeare as an opportunity for actors to display their elocution. Big round O's, rolling R's -- some of the greatest phrases in the English language pronounced with exquisite diction.

But all that fancy talking may not be all that authentic.

This recording, from a performance of "Macbeth" is the result of careful research -- research that has examined what Shakespeare's plays would have sounded like when the man himself was still around: