Listen Now: Richard II Review From BBC Radio Three

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGwgONv5lvFoJbjUGR-aWZLpdbDAD08xWEG8uH0ansEB_SGqjNbGEbV3wmzXDELuyflKvUCAknTCo8CM-3xmd9EUhSspytKdHsEI1PlSj_Kz6a1ZfBP-VMm9kgOCLkxmbjkZML5lfjZDg/s1600/RII-08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGwgONv5lvFoJbjUGR-aWZLpdbDAD08xWEG8uH0ansEB_SGqjNbGEbV3wmzXDELuyflKvUCAknTCo8CM-3xmd9EUhSspytKdHsEI1PlSj_Kz6a1ZfBP-VMm9kgOCLkxmbjkZML5lfjZDg/s640/RII-08.jpg" width="572" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Following the opening night of <i>Richard II </i>at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon tonight, Susannah Clapp and Anne McElvoy have reviewed the performance on BBC Radio 3's <i>Night Waves</i>. The production, directed by Gregory Doran, stars David Tennant in the lead role.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anne McElvoy praises David for his physicality and mercurial clarity and refers to a production that is at once traditional and contemporary. They also speak highly of the performances by Oliver Ford Davies and Michael Pennington.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The review also includes a clip of David Tennant and Michael Pennington as King Richard and John Of Gaunt</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jxdsq"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Listen to the review here</span></b></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more information about Richard II visit our website</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br />

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Following the opening night of Richard II at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon tonight, Susannah Clapp and Anne McElvoy hav...

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