The short version: it was the best Richard II I have ever seen.

The long version will follow after I have had some sleep and graded some papers and flailed some more. But I am actually really angry at myself now for booking a flight on Sunday at 4:30, meaning I cannot go to the encore showing at noon. BECAUSE. RICHARD II OF MY HEART.

I CANNOT STOP WATCHING THIS

Five glorious minutes of David Tennant deposition scene goodness.

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They are pretty glowing, thus far.

From the Guardian (4/5 stars):

Tennant's strengths, as we know from his Hamlet, are a capacity for quicksilver thought and an almost boyish vulnerability. And, even if he might do more to convey the patterned lyricism of the language, what he brings out excellently is the fact that Richard only learns to value ( Read more... )

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They've started announcing U.S. locations for the Tennant Richard II broadcast.It's a fairly short list so far -- there are a lot of fairly significant cities that are not on the list -- and the website itself says they're still adding more -- but then, probably the only reason I'm not having a fit of panic is because there's a showing in the ( Read more... )

It's too late to book tickets to see David Tennant tackle Shakespeare's flawed and doomed King Richard II: every bookable seat for both Stratford-upon-Avon and London has already been sold, even though it doesn't open until next autumn ( Read more... )

So when the press release for this production came out, it mentioned that Oliver Ford-Davies was going to be in it, and since he was the only other actor mentioned, I assumed, I think fairly naturally, that he was going to be playing John of Gaunt, since if your press release for Richard II only mentions your Richard and an old dude, it's probably ( Read more... )

But I just saw this on my twitter feed:

As I have been saying for ages he ought to do, David Tennant will be playing Richard II for the RSC later this year.

To which I can only say SQUEE and also OMG PLEASE PLEASE FILM IT OR I WILL CRY.

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Those of you in the States all remember what's on tonight?

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMLET!

A graphical representation of my mental state:


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