Comment by mixmastamyk
2 days ago
There are folks that do Shakespeare in the original accent, and it sounds modestly closer to the "average" American pronunciation than modern British.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_in_Original_Pronun...
Believe I saw a video on it on youtube or similar, where they have audio as well.
Presumably you're implying an average over British pronunciation also, but if you ask me that's even more of a leap than over the American.
Like the other chap said, it basically sounds like a West Country accent.