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Video Countdown To Richard II: David Tennant Reads Sonnet 71

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevxL7nfgiuW6V2GnGBePKu_Q-aZudUknGDpgjEwHlXQm3YdgQYkwvHWqS-UpHK_u8FWZ2QMbQs8j6MMUjnQ-NBHRl-BoaL-Yuv_xczSxI477OWetyv0c6sd8PDfcgeIKsBeZRRB8ywOk/s1600/Sonnet1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevxL7nfgiuW6V2GnGBePKu_Q-aZudUknGDpgjEwHlXQm3YdgQYkwvHWqS-UpHK_u8FWZ2QMbQs8j6MMUjnQ-NBHRl-BoaL-Yuv_xczSxI477OWetyv0c6sd8PDfcgeIKsBeZRRB8ywOk/s640/Sonnet1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow night, David Tennant and company take to the stage in <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> for the first preview of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Richard II. To get you in a Shakespearean mood, our countdown clip today features David reading one of the Bard’s 154 sonnets.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch David perform Sonnet 71 'No longer mourn for me when I am dead' here:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/44724252" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The clip is one of the exclusive performances of all 154 Shakespeare sonnets included in the Touch Press iPad app <i>The Sonnets by William Shakespeare</i>, which was released last year. The interactive digital edition boasts a star-studded cast including David, Sir Patrick Stewart, Jemma Redgrave, Stephen Fry and Simon Russell Beale,who read the poems directly to camera. The app also includes <st1:city w:st="on">Arden</st1:city> notes, an alternative commentary and a view of a facsimile 1609 edition. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To find out more about the app <a href="http://www.touchpress.com/titles/shakespeares-sonnets/"><span style="color: blue;">visit the Touch Press website</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />A DVD of the performances is also available - <a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/dtennant-21/detail/B008COWJ3W"><span style="color: blue;">click here</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>

Tomorrow night, David Tennant and company take to the stage in Stratford-upon-Avon for the first preview of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Richard II. To get you in a Shakespearean mood, our countdown clip today features David reading …

Video Countdown To Richard II: David Tennant Reads Sonnet 71

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