Plays with Roles Requiring an Accent

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Accent refers to a distinctive mode of pronuniciation of a language. As used in this Wiki, it refers to a "non-native pronunciation of English"; that is, pronunciation used by a character whose first language is not a variety of English.

For an A-Z listing of languages, see Omniglot. For a listing of countries, see the Wikipedia List of sovereign states.

If you are looking for plays in which characters speak a variety of English as their first language, please visit Plays with Roles Requiring a Dialect.

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France — French Republic

• French: la France — République française
• See also: French Language, Francophonie, Francophone, Languages of France.
• For most plays requiring a variety of French accent of someplace other than France itself, please go to the page for the place you seek; for example Québec, Haiti, Lebanon, Cajun Country/Acadiana.
• Currently, inquiries about Francophone Belgium and Francophone Switzerland will be re-directed here.

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Germany — Federal Republic of Germany

• German: Deutschland — Bundesrepublik Deutschland
• See also: German Language, German-speaking Europe, German as a minority language, Languages of Germany.
• Inquiries about Germanophone Switzerland will be re-directed here.

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Italy — Italian Republic

• Italian: Italia — Repubblica Italiana
• See also: Italian Language, Italophone, Distribution of Italophones Worldwide Languages of Italy, Languages of Italy, Regions of Italy.
• For Italian-American, please go to the page for the place you seek; for example, New York City, Boston.
• Inquiries about Italophone Switzerland will be re-directed here.

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Russia — Russian Federation

• Russian: Россия, Rossiya — Российская Федерация, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
• See also: Russia, History of the Soviet Union, Russian Language, Languages of Russia.

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South Africa (non-Anglophone) — Republic of South Africa

• Afrikaans: Republiek van Suid-Afrika; IsiNdebele: Riphabliki yeSewula Afrika; IsiXhosa: IRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika; IsiZulu: IRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika; Sepedi; Rephaboliki ya Afrika-Borwa; Sesotho: Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa; Setswana: Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa; SiSwati: IRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika, Tshivenda; Riphabuḽiki ya Afurika Tshipembe; Xitsonga: Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga
• See also: South Africa, Languages of South Africa
• For South African English, please see South Africa (Anglophone).

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Spain — Kingdom of Spain

• Spanish: España — Reino de España
• See also: Spanish Language, Languages of Spain, LIst of countries where Spanish is an official language, Spanish dialects and varieties, Hispanophone.
• For plays requiring a variety of Spanish accent of someplace other than Spain itself, please go to the page for the place you seek; for example, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Phlippines, Texas.

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Switzerland — Swiss Confederation

• German: Schweiz, French: Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansh: Svizra
• Please see Germany, France, Italy.

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