Russell T Davies' A Midsummer Night's Dream airs tonight on BBC One!
Russell T Davies' A Midsummer Night's Dream airs tonight on BBC One at 8:30pm. It looks a treat! Bernard Cribbins will be in it too <3
Video interview with Russell at the Hay Festival.
Another interview with the BBC.
He discusses getting advice from David Tennant for it.
Great interview in the Guardian, contains a few spoilers for the ending.
A few more spoilers (when I say spoilers, I mean decisions particular to this adaptation, not just for the 400-y-o play)
And discussion of adapting Shakespeare for the modern day.
Here is the collection of Radio Times articles about AMND, including this one written by Russell himself about his love for the play, this article where he talks about the casting of Maxine Peake as Titania, being inspired by the London Olympics Opening Ceremony, and using the Doctor Who team to create AMND.
He expresses his delight about the casting of Pearl Mackie.
Russell also wrote the intro for the celebratory mag included in the current Doctor Who Magazine, issue #500.
And he won a BAFTA for writing Cucumber and a Broadcasting Press Guild Innovation award for the multi-channel/multi-platform aspect of Cucumber/Banana/Tofu.
Here's an older interview, also great, that I didn't link to at the time.
Video interview with Russell at the Hay Festival.
Another interview with the BBC.
He discusses getting advice from David Tennant for it.
Great interview in the Guardian, contains a few spoilers for the ending.
A few more spoilers (when I say spoilers, I mean decisions particular to this adaptation, not just for the 400-y-o play)
And discussion of adapting Shakespeare for the modern day.
Here is the collection of Radio Times articles about AMND, including this one written by Russell himself about his love for the play, this article where he talks about the casting of Maxine Peake as Titania, being inspired by the London Olympics Opening Ceremony, and using the Doctor Who team to create AMND.
He expresses his delight about the casting of Pearl Mackie.
Russell also wrote the intro for the celebratory mag included in the current Doctor Who Magazine, issue #500.
And he won a BAFTA for writing Cucumber and a Broadcasting Press Guild Innovation award for the multi-channel/multi-platform aspect of Cucumber/Banana/Tofu.
Here's an older interview, also great, that I didn't link to at the time.