Video Countdown To Richard II: David Tennant As The Porter In Macbeth

<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sb-9Zp-hbgNUzVn7lq4pfZtwbWtJFi3bAoDtDo1zXJzDTRZfmCIaK-fjvK6-yqcyn4ZBW3H-3y9Rq5GneRH6js4QCKHdWgL_1nh8RYP6rJMQ8Z3mE24Ql8vAOlJy3OJ9uElfkisZvZc/s1600/DT1998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sb-9Zp-hbgNUzVn7lq4pfZtwbWtJFi3bAoDtDo1zXJzDTRZfmCIaK-fjvK6-yqcyn4ZBW3H-3y9Rq5GneRH6js4QCKHdWgL_1nh8RYP6rJMQ8Z3mE24Ql8vAOlJy3OJ9uElfkisZvZc/s640/DT1998.jpg" width="442" /></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;">With just two days to go until the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Richard II starring David Tennant opens in <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place>, our video countdown continues. Today’s clip of David in a Shakespearean performance is actually an audio recording and comes from the 1998 Arkangel Shakespeare recording of Macbeth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From 1998 onwards, Arkangel released unabridged audio drama versions of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays performed mainly by members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. David appeared in several of the productions. In Macbeth he takes on the role of the Porter, whose brief appearance provides some comic relief before the discovery of the King’s murder. Macduff is played by Gary Bakewell. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Yr4jULsh9Lg" width="560"></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production also stars Hugh Ross and Harriet Walter as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other Arkangel performances by David are:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Henry VI Parts I, II and III – Henry VI</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Romeo And Juliet – Mercutio</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">King Lear – Edgar</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Comedy Of Errors – Antipholus Of <st1:city w:st="on">Syracuse</st1:city></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

David Tennant Macbeth Richard II Royal Shakespeare Company Shakespeare Theatre Video Countdown To Richard II: David Tennant As The Porter In Macbeth

With just two days to go until the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Richard II starring David Tennant opens in  Stratford-upon-...

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