Why do actors do it? Why do directors make them do it? Perhaps they simply shouldn't bother. Colour-blind casting has long been the norm in British theatre, and nobody bats an eyelid at Shakespeare being transposed to modern-day settings, so why this jarring insistence on one detail of verisimilitude?
Maybe it's because, with tools like this one, it's never been easier to pick up a realistic accent:
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