Comments | tempestsarekind: and speaking of Malvolio

tempestsarekind

and speaking of Malvolio

Apr 12, 2012 10:59

David Tennant is playing Malvolio in a BBC Radio 3 production of Twelfth Night on April 22 ( Read more... )

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spacklegeek April 12 2012, 15:02:05 UTC

...Wow. That kinda blows my Severus Snape image right away.

tempestsarekind April 12 2012, 15:37:35 UTC

I am having something of a hard time imagining this, it has to be said! I'm so used to thinking of him in terms of Shakespeare characters who have some kind of playful, comic relationship with language: Benedick, Berowne, Romeo, Touchstone, Hamlet, Mercutio...

Currently the closest I've gotten to imagining him as Malvolio is through his role as the reverend in He Knew He Was Right...

skirmish_of_wit April 12 2012, 18:21:43 UTC

Malvolio! What! I have all confidence in his acting ability, but wow, Malvolio is pretty far from the roles that he typically plays.

tempestsarekind April 12 2012, 18:28:52 UTC

Yes, that's what I thought, too! He's usually the snarky guy in the corner, not the stick-in-the-mud the snarky guy makes fun of. But it's definitely an interesting choice because of that; I wonder how he'll be.

neadods April 12 2012, 23:40:54 UTC

Oooo! That's going to be a must-hear.

tempestsarekind April 13 2012, 05:37:10 UTC

I'm certainly looking forward to it!

teliesin April 13 2012, 09:49:42 UTC

Sounds interesting I can't picture him as Malvolio either or maybe should say hear him as.
They look like they are enjoying themselves in the photos.
Two Doctor Who actors as well Tennant and Don Gilet (Runaway Bride).

Edit: Make that three Doctor Who actors, Adam James was in Planet of the Dead.

tempestsarekind April 13 2012, 14:16:25 UTC

Heh--Adam James also played Don Pedro in the recent Tennant/Tate Much Ado About Nothing! And I think one of those actors looks very much like Mr. Magpie from "Idiot's Lantern"... They do look like they're having a lot of fun!

enleve April 26 2012, 20:23:39 UTC

Just in case you didn't see this, you can download the MP3 file from the podcast page for another 2 days http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/so3

I'm so excited about this production and all of the Shakespeare things happening this year, like the Maori production of Troilus and Cressida at The Globe, and the BBC radio show about objects from Shakespeare's time.

tempestsarekind April 27 2012, 21:49:27 UTC

Thanks for the link!

It's definitely a good time for Shakespeare fans at the moment - I just wish that I could get to more of the things! Still, there's lots on the internet to be excited about, too.