To my ear, Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall sounds like Michael Kitchen in Foyle’s War. Although he grew up in the States, Rylance was born in the South East and Kitchen plays a character from there.
Am I hearing the same regional accent, RADA training or is it just the inability of my Yank ear to pick out different regional accents?
Already discussed in the Wolf Hall thread:
And I think that what you are hearing is a similar rhythm in some dialogue delivery, rather than an accent.
Yes, roughly the same.
Obv. one character is fictional and the other from history - I guess the decision to pitch Cromwell’s accent where they did was based on a working class boy from what was then close to London (Putney). Is it Rylance’s own - no idea.
I agree. I can hear the similarity, but it’s cadence of speaking/pause and a sort of croaky gruffness occasionally bordering on vocal fry.
There is similarity in intonation (or lack of) too, but I can’t pin any of these things as attributes of any specific regional accent.
I’ve edited your title to make it a bit more descriptive.
Thanks!