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 />

David Tennant Gregory Doran Richard II Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre Listen Now: Richard II Review From BBC Radio Three

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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Gregory Doran On David Tennant's Magnificently Regal New Look

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cWNMwqV1B_2CLubFaMfcfCpaMnl7EwfRhpbRHToZ7gEYZ2tXdPMkUHnGEG5gLsGD-O2Sn3eDN5m6pfloOH4DLJ75Ac0bzzj-97m4JGJ0VeKdeQvQaymZAcSRZPIptL6dmffaJ80DR_g/s1600/r9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cWNMwqV1B_2CLubFaMfcfCpaMnl7EwfRhpbRHToZ7gEYZ2tXdPMkUHnGEG5gLsGD-O2Sn3eDN5m6pfloOH4DLJ75Ac0bzzj-97m4JGJ0VeKdeQvQaymZAcSRZPIptL6dmffaJ80DR_g/s640/r9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With his long golden toned locks and opulent robes, David Tennant's image for his role as Richard II in the new Royal Shakespeare Company production, is nothing short of religiously regal. Lit by the glow of the spotlight David looks positively ethereal as he saunters his way across the stage.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Director Gregory Doran says:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The long hair is partly to respond to the notion of Richard as an aesthete, whose rarified court stood in opposition to the belligerent Dukes. It also reflects his conscious positioning of himself as Christ betrayed by Judas. In the deposition scene he refers to himself several times directly as Christ."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">The show opened for previews on 10th October and will play in residence at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon until 16th November 2013 when it will then transfer to The Barbican in London.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">The run is completely sold out, but there may be returns. You can ask for returns by phoning the RSC Ticket Hotline on 0844 800 1110.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://news.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out more about David Tennant's Richard II on our website here.</span></a></span>

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PHOTOS: More Richard II Production Photos From WhatsOnStage

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJti7mCDMG8siieFtoniCLs82fPznGjipzTh570nRBWZXRek5cltHYd-Fa5E8wZrncCvM39wPqIsJ8dpXhxvB-6kGG_LO5yg7OxP-fUqcQkXukdvek6e-oGXQISbSvEzQvuf6wxvkdQ7Rd/s1600/WoS07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJti7mCDMG8siieFtoniCLs82fPznGjipzTh570nRBWZXRek5cltHYd-Fa5E8wZrncCvM39wPqIsJ8dpXhxvB-6kGG_LO5yg7OxP-fUqcQkXukdvek6e-oGXQISbSvEzQvuf6wxvkdQ7Rd/s1600/WoS07.jpg" /></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;">WhatsOnStage have posted a second batch of promotional shots from Richard II starring David Tennant. The production, directed by Gregory Doran, opens tonight at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon after a week of previews. David Tennant stars as King Richard with Nigel Lindsay, Oliver Ford Davies, Michael Pennington, Emma Hamilton, Oliver Rix and Jane Lapotaire. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out more about Richard II starring David Tennant here</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">View more photos here:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkCvRndmbIOf9VDS1JI1j6IJDapyBuZ1A-m2MS3m4GwB9x5EW8m0GMKD8hJ4XRbpnCrDHCnTbGQa_Ajju0LWCygHx7QZfPH6d9Y0jMaK4zRN9wFcU-omQjUq-SgFIg1gYZooH5UIYlBXdn/s1600/WoS08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkCvRndmbIOf9VDS1JI1j6IJDapyBuZ1A-m2MS3m4GwB9x5EW8m0GMKD8hJ4XRbpnCrDHCnTbGQa_Ajju0LWCygHx7QZfPH6d9Y0jMaK4zRN9wFcU-omQjUq-SgFIg1gYZooH5UIYlBXdn/s1600/WoS08.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-BUsd4hqoQ9zTDDO_2sJ1pGF4dqMceY5Zg4d0onz5yxjQVYaUR0Bwwcu5cuEfm0OmDLQIeme6eMAgMwxpjm1ttP7c9uFy_FRWG-Lg8QagxyqylVn8o3EewpS44t3lPhDVSuv3Oui3qD-/s1600/WoS09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-BUsd4hqoQ9zTDDO_2sJ1pGF4dqMceY5Zg4d0onz5yxjQVYaUR0Bwwcu5cuEfm0OmDLQIeme6eMAgMwxpjm1ttP7c9uFy_FRWG-Lg8QagxyqylVn8o3EewpS44t3lPhDVSuv3Oui3qD-/s1600/WoS09.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIir29Gw0apuFR9S5hoQ-QSn-eQCFrMPzRrADXlP6LVAfJb74-tuyHaYdd_TCKwTycXQa_5ueAz3jCIOtlq3HMGPGFuLqrSMGnKbrlVB34HDpzD1mRD74BywlN4QUOEC6ou5t2T_wwZbA/s1600/WoS10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIir29Gw0apuFR9S5hoQ-QSn-eQCFrMPzRrADXlP6LVAfJb74-tuyHaYdd_TCKwTycXQa_5ueAz3jCIOtlq3HMGPGFuLqrSMGnKbrlVB34HDpzD1mRD74BywlN4QUOEC6ou5t2T_wwZbA/s1600/WoS10.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaRDBFtKxPkccRlFq86NbqPOa5NqMGstj7ZYC-v_3LlQ58aOjaal4iqgS_6J4x7JsA9O01CcN8UxnUfk3Wh_iMQGcmlhncyhdepedeRGM7uIRaQBCqj60SPT61M5wjyWJGapXiinHpmEP/s1600/WoS11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaRDBFtKxPkccRlFq86NbqPOa5NqMGstj7ZYC-v_3LlQ58aOjaal4iqgS_6J4x7JsA9O01CcN8UxnUfk3Wh_iMQGcmlhncyhdepedeRGM7uIRaQBCqj60SPT61M5wjyWJGapXiinHpmEP/s1600/WoS11.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQRdgR4RuNpZUu80HbT3mjgGmjfNeaTMtv-O9nPVDHp6F-hYs78EhgcWk_J54P6DdkzoSluzcmjHRdF0fRcbkzGpzzvVHvZVEX4p_SI0jLKD3dQH2HUE26QapcpoaRtxntI6mAg4IZbhQ/s1600/WoS13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQRdgR4RuNpZUu80HbT3mjgGmjfNeaTMtv-O9nPVDHp6F-hYs78EhgcWk_J54P6DdkzoSluzcmjHRdF0fRcbkzGpzzvVHvZVEX4p_SI0jLKD3dQH2HUE26QapcpoaRtxntI6mAg4IZbhQ/s1600/WoS13.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/10-2013/show-pics-david-tennant-gives-hair-raising-perform_32331.html">Source</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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PHOTOS: First Look At David Tennant As Richard II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOjftGCp0AlS-zIcdpjdukv58ZzTD703UmO1Y1N_TXoE_iEr-1NmXAbwAhAZgCOh1C6ZjrLY4_qUsuUsxWshOY4utPcAr8Gky94u97YEeWYDxMO3IhFr11MQULWh8Qnw7pDv1lFVNk8Tx/s1600/RII-04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOjftGCp0AlS-zIcdpjdukv58ZzTD703UmO1Y1N_TXoE_iEr-1NmXAbwAhAZgCOh1C6ZjrLY4_qUsuUsxWshOY4utPcAr8Gky94u97YEeWYDxMO3IhFr11MQULWh8Qnw7pDv1lFVNk8Tx/s640/RII-04.jpg" width="543" /></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;">The first photos have now been released of David Tennant in full costume as King Richard in the new Royal Shakespeare Company production of <i>Richard II </i>by William Shakespeare. The play, directed by Gregory Doran, enjoys its opening night tonight at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon following a week of previews. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The play remains in Stratford until the 16th November and will then transfer to the Barbican in London from the 9th December till the 25th January 2014.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant appears with Nigel Lindsay, Oliver Ford Davies, Michael Pennington, Emma Hamilton, Oliver Rix and Jane Lapotaire</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">View more photos here:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8JlsfijXvXcB_nDtIkYKqzfrf6SkahhIYar5njjd0IZmukALl0pEEmaeTeq7x0solXYjf5vS30efgTky5M1Ry1CjF-US2HRuReCW6P4apDir2f1J_764FeCZmW-5DCJtjFMvP6oschw4/s1600/RII-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out more about Richard II starring David Tennant here</span></a><br /><br /><br />

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Richard II Starring David Tennant To Be Released On DVD

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT215VQK2KI3tLuv8JgQrOfWsLCfpIB7hznJXGCr8kZ64lPGlW4QwlYrl5lhFh_ooz7-YidT5RPGKg_4SLOybFIuUrdd5hbAodAJCzqxwefBiuDojs5KFUVh4PQIp_AQd6ZWvGnUIscOUv/s1600/WoS2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT215VQK2KI3tLuv8JgQrOfWsLCfpIB7hznJXGCr8kZ64lPGlW4QwlYrl5lhFh_ooz7-YidT5RPGKg_4SLOybFIuUrdd5hbAodAJCzqxwefBiuDojs5KFUVh4PQIp_AQd6ZWvGnUIscOUv/s1600/WoS2.jpg" /></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;">The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of <i>Richard II</i> will be released on DVD. Director Gregory Doran made the announcement this evening during the Director's talk at the Royal Shakepeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production, which is currently in previews, opens in Stratford on Thursday night. It runs until 16th November 2013 before transfering to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city>from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. David Tennant stars as King Richard with Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke, Oliver Ford Davies as the Duke of York, Michael Pennington as John of Gaunt and Jane Lapotaire as the Duchess of Gloucester. John Wyver of Illuminatio</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ns will be producing a live stream of the play into cinemas across the UK on Wednesday 13th November; this recording will also be broadcast into UK schools and cinemas worldwide during the following months.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more about Richard II here</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More information about the DVD release will follow as soon as we have it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

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The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of  Richard II  will be released on DVD. Director Gregory Doran made the announcement this ev...

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Illuminations Blog Post By John Wyver: 'Words, Life And All'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xUwlpT4sbMtuAEIJwBn5PA1PNuzlXc9WxFnT5tOFMkfBolOinBhUKJ8ouC-bW_3JKS_suvTGkQ_tKTwW4tX_hlueCQ2M7MG9KZj8_WhmHKSyRUgtrA3whMCY8_zZbx7InGwvdUgTOIQz/s1600/re3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xUwlpT4sbMtuAEIJwBn5PA1PNuzlXc9WxFnT5tOFMkfBolOinBhUKJ8ouC-bW_3JKS_suvTGkQ_tKTwW4tX_hlueCQ2M7MG9KZj8_WhmHKSyRUgtrA3whMCY8_zZbx7InGwvdUgTOIQz/s1600/re3.jpg" /></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;">In the latest Richard II production blog posted by John Wyver on the illuminations website, John explains how he will be, from now on, compiling a collection of responses, reviews and supporting articles gathered from around the web relating to the new RSC staging of the play.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2013/10/words-life-and-all/"><span style="color: blue;">Visit the Illuminations website here to learn more or suggest additions</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production starring David Tennant and directed by Gregory Doran is now reaching the end of its week of previews at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: opening night is this Thursday. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John Wyver and his team will be working with the RSC to produce the live broadcast of the play. The production will be streamed live into UK cinemas on Wednesday 13th November and will subsequently be broadcast into cinemas worldwide.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/richard-ii/default.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">Visit the RSC Live From Stratford-upon-Avon pages for more details</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><br />

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Gregory Doran Gives Director's Talk This Evening

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gpyA_HNONNF8FBR3C_XaiXZavoQZ-B5YHUfeqgSIXzTBTsIQqISbiK0TH6S2Rx_Ex0BOO5X7FZAmNnDQVsTOSaUiuX9ztsHscWfbL2ikHVAKJ6Rf5uKr8xlxmHzZrK2a5WO02Ff0dQU/s1600/re7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gpyA_HNONNF8FBR3C_XaiXZavoQZ-B5YHUfeqgSIXzTBTsIQqISbiK0TH6S2Rx_Ex0BOO5X7FZAmNnDQVsTOSaUiuX9ztsHscWfbL2ikHVAKJ6Rf5uKr8xlxmHzZrK2a5WO02Ff0dQU/s1600/re7.jpg" /></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;">Richard II's director, Gregory Doran, will be giving a talk about the play at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon this evening at 5.15pm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a ticket only event.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard II with David Tennant is playing at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon until Saturday 16th November 2013.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The run is sold out but you can check for returns by calling the RSC Ticket Hotline on 0844 800 1110</span></span><br /><br /><br />

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Richard II Production Blog: 'Taste Of It First' - John Wyver On The Dress Rehearsal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxoGqqWANno2OO0hn18IBXpZ5Rd1dgCzrzyT6fsxgFyCTi3ude-UzdF7D5tFgpwEopnsSF7jse5TVRLbBarWmR8FEkGWQLBPqNb1sDvKoFFcvXj2M36Ds7Dg6GcIornLM6yjWC87D2k0/s1600/WoS6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxoGqqWANno2OO0hn18IBXpZ5Rd1dgCzrzyT6fsxgFyCTi3ude-UzdF7D5tFgpwEopnsSF7jse5TVRLbBarWmR8FEkGWQLBPqNb1sDvKoFFcvXj2M36Ds7Dg6GcIornLM6yjWC87D2k0/s1600/WoS6.jpg" /></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;">John Wyver's latest <i>Richard II </i>production blog for Illuminations (published on Friday 11th October) documents the dress rehearsal of the production. The Royal Shakespeare Company's production starring David Tennant and directed by Gregory Doran opened for previews on Thursday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Technical rehearsals had been taking place from Monday 7th and running through the final week. The dress rehearsal took place on Thursday 10th October, a few hours before that evening's first preview. John runs us through the process that afternoon, which thankfully involved few hitches. He also goes on to give his impressions of the first preview:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"<i>There are supportive laughs, murmurings of surprise and appreciation (not least at the hair extensions worn by David Tennant), and towards the end a moment or two of shock that bring forth gasps. And most precious of all, there are times when a pin could fall from the flies and the resulting noise thunder through the house – the audience is silently engrossed in the way that makes theatre so special.</i>" </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2013/10/taste-of-it-first/"><span style="color: blue;">Read the blog 'Taste of it first' here</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John Wyver is a writer and producer for Illuminations and will be working with director Gregory Doran and the RSC on filming the play for broadcast to cinemas across the UK and worldwide from Wednesday 13th November.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/richard-ii/default.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">Read more about the broadcast on the RSC Live From Stratford-upon-Avon site</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more about the RSC production of Richard II starring David Tennant here</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />

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New Illuminations Richard II Production Blog: ‘Impartial Are Our Eyes And Ears’

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF5XF8OYyWG1bhyr-odVD7vNAOu-PAmV3oZ74NPgxdpuEyKT_hGyJyfAJQ9Xt5hofTbZguzAF8aUOsQXwrK4_feFvFZEHAmsxAdWv1HOGSvVt5Dfrdkc0-LGEBvAAPX6MCCEtv-nPtmiA/s1600/re2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF5XF8OYyWG1bhyr-odVD7vNAOu-PAmV3oZ74NPgxdpuEyKT_hGyJyfAJQ9Xt5hofTbZguzAF8aUOsQXwrK4_feFvFZEHAmsxAdWv1HOGSvVt5Dfrdkc0-LGEBvAAPX6MCCEtv-nPtmiA/s1600/re2.jpg" /></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;">John Wyver of Illuminations has published his latest blog post detailing the progress of preparations for the Royal Shakespeare Company's staging of <i>Richard II </i>and the broadcast of the 13th November performances to cinemas worldwide. John will be working with the RSC on the production of the Live From Stratford-upon-Avon stream, which will go live to UK cinemas and subsequently to screens worldwide.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In his sixth production diary, John reveals that he has watched a full run through of the play, starring David Tennant as King Richard. He attended with the screen director Robin Lough, associate producer David Gopsill and some of the technical crew, in order to get a sense of the production as they prepare for the live broadcast. Also present were the musicians and other creatives, all concerned with their own parts in the stage production. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The company has now moved up to Stratford-upon-Avon for technical rehearsals which started today. A full dress rehearsal takes place on Thursday, with the first preview following that evening. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John also talks about:</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The technical development of the set at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The updated venue list for the international screening - <a href="http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/cinemas-and-tickets/"><span style="color: blue;">click here</span></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The release of a CD of music and speeches from the production - <a href="http://www.rsc.org.uk/shop/item/62328-richard-ii-music--speeches-cd-2013"><span style="color: blue;">click here</span></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Independent interview with David Tennant and Greg Doran - <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/this-happy-breed-david-tennant-and-greg-doran-discuss-their-shakespeare-partnership-8858752.html"><span style="color: blue;">click here to read</span></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The BBC Radio 4 Front Row interview with David and Greg</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week's video production diary, which visited the RSC costume department. This and all previous diaries are available to watch <a href="http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/richard-ii/production-diary-6.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a></span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2013/10/impartial-are-our-eyes-and-ears/"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Read John Wyver's full blog here</b></span></a></span><br /><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;">Richard II opens in <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The play will be filmed and streamed live into <st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place> cinemas on Wednesday 13th November, and then into cinemas in locations worldwide in broadcasts running until February 2014. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep up to date with all the Richard II news on our website</span></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br />

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Interview: David Tennant And Greg Doran Talk About Their Working Relationship, Richard II And The Threat To The Arts

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57M_srFag3BZyjrcFG1dm01NlvCGBd-17taTyvRBeKoNeN-u3U3G-GhBfe8Hwk2xNFMzD1m-SfkKxUuLxxUJnAo2CuFqtE3Jdp-o04T4HARlQt1EJaR7t7M8RfLqY_6_k9YXmIo3g98s/s1600/David-Greg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57M_srFag3BZyjrcFG1dm01NlvCGBd-17taTyvRBeKoNeN-u3U3G-GhBfe8Hwk2xNFMzD1m-SfkKxUuLxxUJnAo2CuFqtE3Jdp-o04T4HARlQt1EJaR7t7M8RfLqY_6_k9YXmIo3g98s/s640/David-Greg.jpg" width="640" /></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;">A few days before the opening of their latest production, David Tennant and Greg Doran have been interviewed by the Independent about their theatrical collaborations. At the moment they are in the closing stages of rehearsals for the new Royal Shakespeare Company staging of <i>Richard II </i>which will make its debut on Thursday 10th October at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Read some highlights from the interview below:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On their reasons for wanting to perform Richard II:</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greg: "It’s a great lyric tragedy. On one level it’s a play about regime change, where people who think they have a God-given right to power attempt to cling on to that power beyond its sell-by date, so it has a great resonance [with current world events]. It’s all delivered in the most beautiful poetry [ever] written."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David: " I saw [it] at drama school [and] was completely transported by it and by Derek Jacobi’s performance. It’s a play I have always loved… Because it’s quite unknowable. There are no heroes and villains in it, just people trying their best and not managing to get on with their lives. These people happen to be ruling a country, which makes their shortcomings all the more grossly played out. I love the greyness of the moral lines."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On one another's working styles:</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greg: "David has a natural facility with the language. The lines don’t sound like 400-year-old lines."</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David: "[Greg has] a very good way of being genuinely collaborative and yet at the same time always being the captain of the ship."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>On the read through of Richard II:</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David: “I was a very good Duchess of York.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David on theatre vs. television:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David: "Theatre still feels like the day job to me. I just think that this is what I do and sometimes I go off and do bits of filming as well."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On further arts funding cuts by the government:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David: “I think we have to be very careful, because the arts are interconnected. There are some areas which need help in terms of national funding, but they, in turn, are connected on many levels to our film industry and our television industry. They all work as a piece. If you cut any bit of it you’re going to start starving the whole.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Greg's appointment to Artistic Director of the RSC by a panel that included David:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David: “I declared that I might have some sort of conflict of interest.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greg: “I thought, “Oh dear, I should have talked to David beforehand”, because he looked at me with this wan smile.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/this-happy-breed-david-tennant-and-greg-doran-discuss-their-shakespeare-partnership-8858752.html"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Read the full interview at the Independent website</b></span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The interview will also be published in the print edition of the Sunday Independent tomorrow.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Richard II</i> opens in <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. The production is directed by Gregory Doran and stars David Tennant as King Richard and Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The play will be filmed and streamed live into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> cinemas on Wednesday 13th November, and then into cinemas in locations worldwide in broadcasts running until February 2014. <a href="http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/richard-ii/default.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more on the RSC Onscreen site</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep up to date with all the Richard II news on our website</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div>

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Richard II Live From Stratford-Upon-Avon: Cinemas In Australia, Canada, Germany And Ireland Confirmed

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMjkpewdTffK6kVkjqiQ7BF87ZmPGjhYrl6PzdJAWHFMWXf0l8IbrAJA4m0yIIayjYmjDdoxuMrKbgRmUCZL7st1wvDAKMEEWfIwxbFNSkIRp5GmFDWID2YRwQvlsZl8CJqNeFHkib8M/s1600/R2Video4-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMjkpewdTffK6kVkjqiQ7BF87ZmPGjhYrl6PzdJAWHFMWXf0l8IbrAJA4m0yIIayjYmjDdoxuMrKbgRmUCZL7st1wvDAKMEEWfIwxbFNSkIRp5GmFDWID2YRwQvlsZl8CJqNeFHkib8M/s640/R2Video4-01.jpg" width="640" /></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;">The Royal Shakespeare Company have added new locations for the international cinema broadcasts of<i> Richard II </i>starring David Tennant.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition to the already known locations in the UK, USA, Malta, Sweden and Russia, the RSC have now added confirmed venues in Australia, Canada, Germany and Ireland.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/cinemas-and-tickets/"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Visit the RSC Live From Stratford-upon-Avon for more information</b></span></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The RSC stress that cinemas are still being added in the UK and around the world, so keep checking back: the list is in no way complete yet.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard II will open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. The production is directed by Gregory Doran and stars David Tennant as King Richard and Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The play will be filmed and streamed live into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> cinemas on Wednesday 13th November, and then into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>schools on Friday 15^th and into cinemas in locations worldwide via broadcasts running until February 2014</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep up to date with all the Richard II news on our website</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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Richard II Video Production Diary 6: Breastplates, Crowns, Shirts And Hats With The Costume Department

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNzp6ZxYxwVatSNtcNRbXq-ofl56gz5wTGKmU3T1k4lYz6cMUWGJwajV8Hy6SYlunahnhGUfwc5K_iVdYYmSTW3hM3ix_1X3Fjb4tAT3qFHCiiB7FvWJg3zGggvRFyUwAMA8cDgalLLE/s1600/WoS5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNzp6ZxYxwVatSNtcNRbXq-ofl56gz5wTGKmU3T1k4lYz6cMUWGJwajV8Hy6SYlunahnhGUfwc5K_iVdYYmSTW3hM3ix_1X3Fjb4tAT3qFHCiiB7FvWJg3zGggvRFyUwAMA8cDgalLLE/s1600/WoS5.jpg" /></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;">The latest video production diary from the Royal Shakespeare Company visits the Costume Department where Alistair McArthur, the Head of Costume, shows the process of making costumes for <i>Richard II</i>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alistair explains the process, from first measurements to discussions with designers, to the first stitching and fitting then alterations and the final transfer across to Wardrobe. There's a first glimpse at some of the costumes - breastplates and armour for Bolingbroke and Mowbray and one of the crowns that David Tennant will be wearing as King Richard. Even in the closing days before the production opens, changes are still being made to characters and roles, meaning that the Costume Department are still working flat out</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"They're quite frantic at the moment," concludes Alistair, "But it's all looking good and it's looking on schedule. Just."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch the video here:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/woA1Ezc1UKI" width="420"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Richard II</i> will open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. The production is directed by Gregory Doran and stars David Tennant as King Richard and Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The play will be filmed and streamed live into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> cinemas on Wednesday 13th November, and then into cinemas in locations worldwide in broadcasts running until February 2014. <a href="http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/richard-ii/default.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more on the RSC Onscreen site</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep up to date with all the Richard II news on our website</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div>

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Elliot Barnes-Worrell On David Tennant: "Working With David Tennant Is Like Being In A Whirlwind"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklfgf7YgEsDdhMwJ3mDYlmrh1rY9ZmNKGvWuNuVpX28UJem2fdyLZBYkDbdiD7z_c2Bm8s2QRu8GlLiCO6LIUBaVNszq6AEZExeTqYpHuJpIIHZZH4WzQdJ5TIVvNu_sTW-yQ-YfVoAU/s1600/WoS3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklfgf7YgEsDdhMwJ3mDYlmrh1rY9ZmNKGvWuNuVpX28UJem2fdyLZBYkDbdiD7z_c2Bm8s2QRu8GlLiCO6LIUBaVNszq6AEZExeTqYpHuJpIIHZZH4WzQdJ5TIVvNu_sTW-yQ-YfVoAU/s1600/WoS3.jpg" /></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;">Elliot Barnes-Worrell, who plays the Groom in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of <i>Richard II</i> has been blogging his experiences of the rehearsal process for the regular RSC feature Whispers From The Wings. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In his latest blog, <i>Running</i> he talks about the inspiration that he is finding in David Tennant. He says:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Working with David Tennant is like being in a whirlwind, his energy is infectious and unrelenting, trying new things, and adapting to change.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His work ethic is admirable. I often find myself excited to see what he tries next. He tries out a new idea… it doesn't work, he tries something else, it works, he changes it, he changes it again, experimenting, molding, and enjoying playing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a newbie in the RSC watching him, and playing with him gives me courage, the courage to find new things, to get it completely and utterly wrong, acknowledge that and try again. David brings a freedom into the rehearsal room that liberates me and makes me try harder."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production opens in Stratford-upon-Avon in just under two weeks and the nerves are beginning to kick in. Elliot mentions an exchange with David as he bumps into him just before a visit to the local supermarket:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"'You alright?' I say</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Yeah' he says</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Want anything from Sainsbury's'</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Another three weeks.'</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'I don't know if they stock extra rehearsal time.'"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rsc.org.uk/explore/blogs/whispers-from-the-wings/running/"><span style="color: blue;">Read Elliot's blog 'Running' here</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard II will open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. The production is directed by Gregory Doran and stars David Tennant as King Richard and Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The play will be filmed and streamed live into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> cinemas on Wednesday 13^th November, and then into cinemas in locations worldwide in broadcasts running until February 2014. <a href="http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/richard-ii/default.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more on the RSC Onscreen site</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue;">Keep up to date with all the Richard II news on our website</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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PODCAST: David Tennant And Gregory Doran Talk To Mark Lawson On Front Row

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh520fh6B5Jqg9zNkrD9RqoZbdNlVsVWzAoWfHN_vvbTwVU3HMh4_yrbjKxnh8uzKreebyEGDQVT6dMbp2h3cyrwYBj90lLQftFjUZBU_73UESP_wNXSyUuT_yTMbPyjhnhqtf2hafADko/s1600/WoS2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh520fh6B5Jqg9zNkrD9RqoZbdNlVsVWzAoWfHN_vvbTwVU3HMh4_yrbjKxnh8uzKreebyEGDQVT6dMbp2h3cyrwYBj90lLQftFjUZBU_73UESP_wNXSyUuT_yTMbPyjhnhqtf2hafADko/s1600/WoS2.jpg" /></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;">Mark Lawson's interview with David Tennant and Gregory Doran about the preparations for the Royal Shakespeare Company production of <i>Richard II </i>is now available as a podcast. The interview was broadcast yesterday on <i>Front Row </i>on BBC Radio 4 and is the first feature on the programme.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/frontrow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Download the podcast from the Front Row Daily page on the BBC website</b></span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Richard II </i>starring David Tennant and directed by Gregory Doran opens at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place>on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city>from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. Both the Stratford-upon-Avon and <st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place> runs are currently sold out.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production will be filmed and streamed live from the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre into cinemas around the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> on Wednesday 13th November, and subsequently into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> schools and to cinemas worldwide in screenings running until February 2014.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out more about Richard II starring David Tennant here</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

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INTERVIEW: David Tennant And Gregory Doran Talk Richard II On Front Row

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZufASB0rcRKgMl5fqfXS-DiFsueJZOuk5lzqh28PniYRGAxyiBx32Wv89bzF4QUZsv2jXggzeJX32jzjfN7HcC0fJiCsMjIXVwlg9f4bbM7dsbRtey-BNVNNGh5wxzHm4pMHEraXA7ak/s1600/FrontRow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZufASB0rcRKgMl5fqfXS-DiFsueJZOuk5lzqh28PniYRGAxyiBx32Wv89bzF4QUZsv2jXggzeJX32jzjfN7HcC0fJiCsMjIXVwlg9f4bbM7dsbRtey-BNVNNGh5wxzHm4pMHEraXA7ak/s1600/FrontRow.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant and Gregory Doran were interviewed by Mark Lawson on BBC Radio 4’s arts show Front Row this evening about their preparations for the new Royal Shakespeare Company production of <i>Richard II</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mark Lawson mentioned that he had read that David turns up to rehearsals having learned all of his lines and one all of the work. In that case what else does he have left to do?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I wish that were true,” responded David “I suppose the sooner you know the lines the better I think because it allows you to play with it which, particularly with classical texts, it’s about wrestling them into your own kind of soul, really. It’s about finding away that those words feel they come from you. It’s partly through repetition, partly through investigation and partly through experimentation in the rehearsal room.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greg added, “We take the text around the table and nobody speaks their own lines for however long it is and we put it into our own words. And somebody will say something which will explain a line in a way I’d never thought of it before. And it also means that people kind of invest in the production because their contribution is a collective understanding of the whole play.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mark Lawson had watched a rehearsal of Act 3 Scene 2, where Richard loses his power and was intrigued by mention of improvisation and how that had helped the development process</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David explained, “We just ran through the scene without staging it where we used what we could find in the rehearsal room to physicalise what we were talking about – other company members, chairs and prop swords, whatever else that felt appropriate within the moment – again just a way of unlocking the words really.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greg reminded David that at one moment he had built himself a defensive ring of plastic chairs</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“With two weeks to go before we go on stage,” joked David, “That’s how I’d like to spend my life.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mark moved on to the political context of the play and how much David believed it still relates to modern politics, especially as he had recently played a cabinet minister in <i>The Politician’s Husband.</i> Does King Richard act in ways that modern politicians still do? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Yes,” agreed David, “And he thinks he’s entirely justified and right to do the things that he does because he’s been put there by God – for God, read the electorate -  absolutely, he believes he has the ultimate power and should never be challenged and I think that’s some thing we can all recognise from the politics of today.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mark mentioned new that audiences were coming to the <st1:place w:st="on">West End</st1:place> because they had seen many of the stars, like David and now David Walliams, in other shows such as <i>Doctor Who </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David replied, “That’s almost not for me to say. It’s not something I set out to proselytise about, if that happens, then great. Certainly with <i>Hamlet</i> there was a lot of talk before we opened the show that there would be people in some way spoiling it. It’s this weird differentiation between High Art and Low Art and the two should never mix; the assumption within that being that <i>Doctor Who</i> is Low Art which I refute, highly. That never happened. It never happened in <i>Hamlet</i> once. In <i>Much Ado About Nothing</i> it was often quite uproarious which was led by the play. It wasn’t like I popped out of a blue door and Catherine Tate came on with a sonic screwdriver and the house roared. If people want to come and see you in something because they’re interested in your career because they’ve seen you in something else, then fine. We’re all whores!”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greg agreed, “The audiences that came in for <i>Hamlet</i>, there was a sense that they would be rustling their sweet papers when David was off the stage but that never happened so that must be evidence of that.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“<i>Doctor Who</i> fans tend to be rather intelligent, so you don’t have any worry about <i>Doctor Who</i> fans spoiling and audience,” added David</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mark moved on to the live broadcast  and whether it would be tackled as screen acting or stage acting. In acting terms will David just do it as a stage performance?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I’ve never done it and I guess you do,” said David “I’ll be honest, I’m not without some nervousness of it. I think you just have to …it’s worth a go…”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, there’s an audience in there,” explained Greg. “What I don’t want it to be is a second hand experience of ‘If only I was sitting in that theatre’ that wouldn’t be a first hand experience. Back at the Barbican we filmed the production we were doing of <i>A Winter’s Tale</i> and you had to solve the problem of how the camera was going in for a close up on an actor who was still trying to hit the back of the Barbican Theatre, and that’s a conundrum in a way. The trick is not to put backlight, because that’s the only thing that makes you see all the spit!”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A clip of rehearsals revealed that David will be using an English accent to play King Richard. Mark commented on the accent and ease with which David switched between his stage voice and natural accent.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I suppose I’ve done it quite a lot, it’s just part of the game I guess. And it’s not an accent I particularly have to reach for, I suppose because I have used it a lot.” David admitted. “Maybe if I was doing South African or something I’d be slightly more worried about it. “</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greg was asked about how he balances the dual role of director of the play and artistic director of the RSC.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He explained, “I had a bit of time to adjust to being artistic director by myself, but what I’ve got is a fantastic team. Every day there is something that has to be dealt with, but as long as you can teach yourself to focus when you’re there, it seems to work so far.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally Mark asked David an apparently easy question – would he be in the second series of <i>Broadchurch</i>?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David flailed a bit and avoided a straight answer. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“You’d think it was easy, but I have no idea. You’d need to ask Chris Chibnall. He’s writing it as we speak.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But was he available? “Um...I..I..I ..I will see what I can do. The first series I very much enjoyed so I’d like to be involved in series two”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mark also asked if, with him being one of the few with the knowledge of the outcome he had been banned from going and placing a bet at the bookies on the series killer.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“No we weren’t, nobody said that. I thought of it, and I had friends who strong-armed me,” laughed David. “I think the idea that it might get traced back to you would play so badly that I think you realise that you have to be quite careful.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Richard II</i> will open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. The cast includes David Tennant, Emma Hamilton, Nigel Lindsay, Michael Pennington, Jane Lapotaire and Oliver Ford Davies and it is directed by Gregory Doran. Both the Stratford-upon-Avon and <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> runs are now sold out.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production will be filmed and streamed live from the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre into cinemas around the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> on Wednesday 13th November, and subsequently into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> schools and to cinemas worldwide in screenings running until February 2014.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out more about Richard II starring David Tennant on our website</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonight's edition of <i>Front Row</i> will shortly be available as a podcast - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4"><span style="color: blue;">click here for details</span></a></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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'In Gross Rebellion' - The Latest Richard II Production Blog From Illuminations Is Now Live

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNzp6ZxYxwVatSNtcNRbXq-ofl56gz5wTGKmU3T1k4lYz6cMUWGJwajV8Hy6SYlunahnhGUfwc5K_iVdYYmSTW3hM3ix_1X3Fjb4tAT3qFHCiiB7FvWJg3zGggvRFyUwAMA8cDgalLLE/s1600/WoS5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNzp6ZxYxwVatSNtcNRbXq-ofl56gz5wTGKmU3T1k4lYz6cMUWGJwajV8Hy6SYlunahnhGUfwc5K_iVdYYmSTW3hM3ix_1X3Fjb4tAT3qFHCiiB7FvWJg3zGggvRFyUwAMA8cDgalLLE/s1600/WoS5.jpg" /></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;">John Wyver of Illuminations has posted the latest in his series of blogs detailing the progress of preparations for the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of William Shakespeare's <i>Richard II</i>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Previews of <i>Richard II</i> starring David Tennant and directed by Gregory Doran, begin in Stratford-upon-Avon in just nine days. The company worked their way right through the play for the first time on Friday, and will be moving from their London rehearsal rooms to the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre next week. John, who will be seeing a run through for the first time this coming Friday, describes the <i>Richard II</i> set as 'complex'.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John's blog this week also says:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant and Gregory Doran will be guests on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03brkf5"><span style="color: blue;">BBC Radio 4's Front Row</span></a> at 7.15pm BST tonight</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">United States venues have started selling tickets for the <a href="http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">Live From Stratford-upon-Avon broadcast</span></a></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are rehearsal photos by Kwame Lestrade now available on the <a href="http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/richard-ii/rehearsal-photos.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">RSC website</span></a></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Composer Paul Englishby and the production’s musicians have recorded the music for a CD and digital download release</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The animated trailer trailer for Young Shakespeare Nation featuring David Tennant <a href="http://www.rsc.org.uk/education/young-shakespeare-nation/trailer.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">has been released</span></a></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/2013/10/in-gross-rebellion/"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Read the full blog post by John Wyver here</b></span></a></span><br /><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;">The latest video production diary, released last Friday, features Professor James Shapiro who reflects upon the reception of the play within the political climate of the time of its first performance.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/SLsBPbz2-RI" width="420"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard II will open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. The cast includes David Tennant, Emma Hamilton, Nigel Lindsay, Michael Pennington, Jane Lapotaire and Oliver Ford Davies and it is directed by Gregory Doran. Both the Stratford-upon-Avon and <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> runs are now sold out.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production will be filmed and streamed live from the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre into cinemas around the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> on Wednesday 13th November, and subsequently into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>schools and to cinemas worldwide in screenings running until February 2014. More details are available via the Live broadcast link above.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out more about Richard II starring David Tennant on our website</span></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxziJBFRNBHaIDxKkiCxjPNgy2bchqjfgQj-cwW25H8oE91C9cjRBlxy9hWq0NP1UNoNlbPaGURuAD4om_fBWFq5gfDUHJHsFqg8EjjbwWgrXX2GhkwtHLfz9-Labfn5kOW-Uo2cUjbM/s1600/re2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxziJBFRNBHaIDxKkiCxjPNgy2bchqjfgQj-cwW25H8oE91C9cjRBlxy9hWq0NP1UNoNlbPaGURuAD4om_fBWFq5gfDUHJHsFqg8EjjbwWgrXX2GhkwtHLfz9-Labfn5kOW-Uo2cUjbM/s1600/re2.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant and Greg Doran will be interviewed about Richard II on BBC Radio 4's Front Row tonight at 7.15pm BST.</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cnz56g/front-row--01102013" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Radio Times</a> says:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /><section class="about" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mark Lawson talks to actor David Tennant and director Gregory Doran as they prepare a staging of Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company, opening in Stratford-upon-Avon.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qsq5" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can listen online worldwide via the official site here.</span></b></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard II will open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. The cast includes David Tennant, Emma Hamilton, Nigel Lindsay, Michael Pennington, Jane Lapotaire and Oliver Ford Davies and it is directed by Gregory Doran. Both the Stratford-upon-Avon and <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> runs are now sold out.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production will be filmed and streamed live from the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre into cinemas around the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> on Wednesday 13th November, and subsequently into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> schools and cinemas worldwide in screenings running until February 2014. More details are available via the Live from<st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> link.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="outline: none;"><a href="http://news.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out more about Richard II starring David Tennant on our website</span></a></span></div></div></section></div></div>

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David Tennant and Greg Doran will be interviewed about Richard II on BBC Radio 4's Front Row tonight at 7.15pm BST. The  Radio Times  sa...

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