Those of you who are left entirely unmoved by the delightful Mr David Tennant, just move right along.

green_maia, sensiblecat and my other fellow-Tennant-adorers, grab a set of headphones and prepare to melt into a puddle all over the floor (NSFW therefore if work disapproves of such puddles...)

With eternal gratitude to just_ann_now for this most perfect of birthday presents:

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In the midst of all the RL madness (housebuying, sorting out First Small Person's secondary school place for next year, work...)

( we made it to Stratford to see Richard II! )

Beowulf is online...

and...

thanks to the wondrous (and persistent) sensiblecat ...

I AM GOING TO SEE DAVID TENNANT PLAY RICHARD II FOR THE RSC IN OCTOBER!!!

Calloo, callay, squeeeee, etc, etc....

[Cross-posted at both LJ and DW - feel free to comment at either...]

Yes, I know most of you who care already saw this announcement and I am way behind...

David Tennant to play Richard II for the RSC in the winter 2013 season!
Oh gods, can I really justify splurging on RSC membership when I so rarely get to Stratford? But if I don't, I won't have a hope of getting any tickets... and do I stump up £40 for the ( Read more... )

Kudos to katherine_b for spotting this:

Recording of the David Tennant/Catherine Tate Much Ado About Nothing

Let's hope that having lost two of DT's performances that week (he'd lost his voice) won't leave them short of material...

Because I am fed up with fretting about house woes and complications (trust me, you don't want to know), I thought it was about time I reviewed last Saturday night's performance of Much Ado About Nothing...

( read on and be spoiled... )

green_maia, greylin , dolamrothdame , I'm looking at you...

The BBC Radio 4 Wednesday arts discussion programme Midweek has just featured Patrick Stewart! (because the version of his Macbeth filmed by Illuminations, who also filmed the DT/PS RSC Hamlet, is airing on BBC4 this weekend)

- he talked to the interviewer about acting angry villains (with a very moving segment talking ( Read more... )

A few days late reporting, because I've only just spotted, this:

All those of us who donated got DT the seat with his name on it in the new Stratford RSC!  And there's a lovely (and terribly David) message on the site thanking the fans.

I wonder if there'll be a huge rush to book to sit in it?  Sadly, because it's "one of the best seats in the house ( Read more... )

Many happy returns, Mr Shakespeare!

Fans of Jim Shapiro - I know there are one or two on my flist! might be interested in this article from the weekend's Financial Times (which despite its title and reputation has a remarkably good arts section) about Shakespearean attribution and collaborative authorship:

Just William: did Shakespeare write his plays alone?