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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COMPETITION: Win A Richard II Programme Autographed By David Tennant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijiPoeQphFWzIiVBtM9iY5NJNb1dsT8hIaKG7_1GyeqjnHm1QXtMJfyRSX4VaC-qgtIWpJtxSvi7MNn5vJOLSArfeb4lMN0XcbskUqUoAiSrwAb69j5Apu2pS3URvzg3R6a0V6N4V_nRM/s1600/IMG_7273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijiPoeQphFWzIiVBtM9iY5NJNb1dsT8hIaKG7_1GyeqjnHm1QXtMJfyRSX4VaC-qgtIWpJtxSvi7MNn5vJOLSArfeb4lMN0XcbskUqUoAiSrwAb69j5Apu2pS3URvzg3R6a0V6N4V_nRM/s640/IMG_7273.JPG" width="424" /></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;">Here's your chance to get your hands on a much sought after souvenir from David Tennant's sold out production of <i>Richard II</i>. We have a copy of the programme up for grabs which David himself has very kindly autographed for us. To be in with a chance of winning this item, simply answer this easy question:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which character in <i>Richard II</i> is the father of Bolingbroke?</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just email your answer with your name and address to jack@david-tennant.com before midday BST on Monday 21st October.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Entries are welcome from anywhere in the world!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5qi3fA_M2WowiKf746e_pZAXzmnILyHQnkLpzU3XzwAsl8CLrNjWLUWjcWzSoP1XMg65MkHESNwPCVupXtTSzsiHF7V2_bx1YABQPoI1Mmo257ehamKgT5IRyqPErghtXya0k8Epct8/s1600/IMG_7274.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5qi3fA_M2WowiKf746e_pZAXzmnILyHQnkLpzU3XzwAsl8CLrNjWLUWjcWzSoP1XMg65MkHESNwPCVupXtTSzsiHF7V2_bx1YABQPoI1Mmo257ehamKgT5IRyqPErghtXya0k8Epct8/s640/IMG_7274.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Richard II</i> is now in previews at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Press night is on Thursday 17th October and the production will remain in residency until the 16th November after which it will transfer to the Barbican in London. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

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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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VIDEO: Richard II - Production Diary 7

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bmBoJ-afcZ7WUE02wLNOggj86eNxaothvntJlKXKVHW7E2leDL3R4nKEB3qwkpdrwsKzkNv4L9DvlqLtLN49YIysM7Y1cRRNMXFe6vSTpZPQhf0uP0xLW9DJCjHeHHloCBAdw3iVShM/s1600/prod7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bmBoJ-afcZ7WUE02wLNOggj86eNxaothvntJlKXKVHW7E2leDL3R4nKEB3qwkpdrwsKzkNv4L9DvlqLtLN49YIysM7Y1cRRNMXFe6vSTpZPQhf0uP0xLW9DJCjHeHHloCBAdw3iVShM/s1600/prod7.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">n this week's production diary video from the Royal Shakespeare Company </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Simon Ash, Senior Production Manager for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, describes the last week of technical work before Richard II opens.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">'Are we going to be ready to get the actors on stage on Monday evening at 6 o'clock?' he asks. His explanation of the process of bringing the show to stage makes clear it's not an easy question to answer.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Simon and the team have been planning this work for at least three months. In the week before the show opens, six departments - 40 to 50 people - will be working in the forestage, auditorium and backstage of the the theatre for 12 hours a day. Transport, facilities, equipment and scenery all come together. Watch the video to see it happen.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Richard II plays in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 10 October to 16 November 2013. It transfers to the Barbican 9 December to 25 January. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">For more information visit http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/richard-ii/</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wa0-_arRG64?rel=0" width="480"></iframe>

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Richard II - First Preview: Twitter Reaction

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuXRvLbTcuC_4q_0EIbTpCCW5Rolr1XMGIuRHrqwzs0nFRCmPCvSH0p6dRXtZjkFrShzsYh5xb9tHUNUqcYcWOfJ0Efdg3uuROsMz-zWCdQV2PLOLVMCjZX2IGyjB-a2QRl9ToGKIs74/s1600/dick2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuXRvLbTcuC_4q_0EIbTpCCW5Rolr1XMGIuRHrqwzs0nFRCmPCvSH0p6dRXtZjkFrShzsYh5xb9tHUNUqcYcWOfJ0Efdg3uuROsMz-zWCdQV2PLOLVMCjZX2IGyjB-a2QRl9ToGKIs74/s640/dick2.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was the first night of previews for David Tennant's Richard II at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon last night. Reviews won't come in until Press Night on 17th October - which is the play's official opening night - so until then we're taking a quick look at the Twitter reaction to the first preview.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the audience:</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/brizmofent" style="line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">@brizmofent</a><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Greg Doran's Richard II </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/TheRSC" style="line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">@TheRSC</a><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is, as expected, exceptional. Lucid and thrilling with Tennant an absolute joy.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/mullaneclaire" style="line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">@mullaneclaire</a><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">: The first performance of Richard II was exhilarating. David Tennant was electrifying. Greg Doran works his magic again.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/antontroy" style="line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">@antontroy</a><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">: The set is amazing </span><a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RII&src=hash" style="line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">#RII</a><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the stage is lower. Why couldn't it have been that height for the summer season. </span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/PatrickJoseph86" style="line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">@PatrickJoseph86</a><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Richard II was amazing! David Tennant was phenomenal! </span><a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-pre-embedded="true" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/XYvomUL7K4" style="line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">pic.twitter.com/XYvomUL7K4</a></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/vickster51" style="line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">@vickster51</a><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">: RII good so far. Great set. Nigel Lindsay superb as is OFD. David Tennant conveying Richard's weak character well.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hamsterfur" style="line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">@hamsterfur</a><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">: I've seen a few productions of RII but this is by far the clearest and most compelling so far.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/xxDTcrazyxx" style="line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">@xxDTcrazyxx</a><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23richardII&src=hash" style="line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">#richardII</a><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> epic fantastic and believable. David portrayed the character of Richard with passion logic and pure talent xx</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of the cast also took to twitter:</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><div class="stream-item-header" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="direction: ltr; text-decoration: none; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="138575975" href="https://twitter.com/YoussefKerkour" style="text-decoration: none;">@YoussefKerkour</a> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">1st preview done! What a reception. David Tennant was absolutely stunning tonight as was the rest of the gang. Humbled. </span><a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RichardII&src=hash" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">#RichardII</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/TheRSC" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">@TheRSC</a></span></div><div class="stream-item-header" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="stream-item-header" style="line-height: 18px;"><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="211500324" href="https://twitter.com/NigelLindsay1" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> ‏</span><span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="direction: ltr; text-decoration: none; unicode-bidi: embed;">@NigelLindsay1</span></a> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Great first preview on Richard II. D Tennant flying. Thanks for all your lovely tweets. Hard to move this am. Do I have to do it again?</span></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">And fans were thrilled that David kindly appeared at the stage door to sign for them last night:</span></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/kitwhelan" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #66c1c1;">@</span>kitwhelan</a><span style="color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;">: "Such a gentleman to come say hi to the fans :)" </span><span style="color: #009999;"><span class="tco-ellipsis" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://instagram.com/p/fTbGIBne26/" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/LbhDDwsCwv" rel="nofollow" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank" title="http://instagram.com/p/fTbGIBne26/"><span class="invisible" style="color: #009999; line-height: 0; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://</span><span class="js-display-url" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">instagram.com/p/fTbGIBne26/</span><span style="color: #009999;"><span class="invisible" style="line-height: 0; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="invisible" style="line-height: 0;"> </span></span></a></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/vickster51" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #66c1c1;">@</span>vickster51</a><span style="color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - David Tennant's hair, now plaited </span><a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RSCRichardII&src=hash" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #66c1c1;">#</span>RSCRichardII</a><span style="color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-pre-embedded="true" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/JvHK0mPEWA" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">pic.twitter.com/JvHK0mPEWA</a></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/vickster51" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #66c1c1;">@</span>vickster51</a><span style="color: #333333; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - David Tennant at the RSC </span><a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-pre-embedded="true" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/zqAz8k6xt8" style="color: #009999; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">pic.twitter.com/zqAz8k6xt8</a></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out more about Richard II on our website here.</span></a></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard II runs at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon until 16th November it will then transfer to the Barbican in London on 9th December.</span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="stream-item-header"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="stream-item-header" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="stream-item-header" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>

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Video Countdown To Richard II: David Tennant And Oliver Ford Davies In Hamlet

<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1L-PMLilG7pwzbHgWLTdANuqRWM1Pk3clVhrJL-Xn3GOYyfkSe6D4xOCyE9MGBSG4DEE3AWp1c6jDZT3Z05IPVwXFrXvzGk6Nq1LSuU7epn5au3MmS6Rr3syk1T-KKhLWnVwAe05zMEs/s1600/Hamlet5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1L-PMLilG7pwzbHgWLTdANuqRWM1Pk3clVhrJL-Xn3GOYyfkSe6D4xOCyE9MGBSG4DEE3AWp1c6jDZT3Z05IPVwXFrXvzGk6Nq1LSuU7epn5au3MmS6Rr3syk1T-KKhLWnVwAe05zMEs/s1600/Hamlet5.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;">Tonight, David Tennant and company perform the first preview of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Richard II at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place>. </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 final performance clip in our Richard II countdown involves two members of the cast of the new production performing in their last Shakespearean collaboration. David Tennant and Oliver Ford Davies, who tonight play King Richard II and the Duke of York were last seen together on stage in the 2008-9 RSC production of Hamlet. Here, Hamlet (David Tennant) easily convinces Polonius (Oliver Ford Davies) of his madness:</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;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/59RuIdXZp1o" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The BBC and Illuminations film of Hamlet is available on DVD </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;">To buy the DVD: <a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/dtennant-21/detail/B002PXHRFQ">click here</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;">To buy the DVD (US customers): <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/datethsi-20/detail/B0038RSJ0U">click here</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;">To buy the region-free Blu-ray: <a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/dtennant-21/detail/B00370844Y">click here</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;">An Australian release is available through the ABC shop: <a href="https://shop.abc.net.au/products/hamlet-2">click here</a></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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Richard II Opens Tonight For Previews In Stratford-upon-Avon

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighb99j_r8GGmv4JDu5Pq0v0WPaKDuzTFDoK68uUfqVV_1ylceb_5tSYuP75qsAeYG759bRnO5dr1IFfs5nBt2cwXDadULXMDPCkXLPVUUoahkvZZEUkrqI1KGIA48bGd30jpTKkLn_Cg/s1600/re3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighb99j_r8GGmv4JDu5Pq0v0WPaKDuzTFDoK68uUfqVV_1ylceb_5tSYuP75qsAeYG759bRnO5dr1IFfs5nBt2cwXDadULXMDPCkXLPVUUoahkvZZEUkrqI1KGIA48bGd30jpTKkLn_Cg/s640/re3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant's latest play with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Richard II, opens for previews tonight at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The play <span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in </span><st1:city style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" w:st="on">London</st1:city><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> 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. </span></span><br /><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; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Richard II</span><span style="line-height: 16px;"> in Stratford-upon-Avon is now sold out. Please check with the Box Office on 0844 800 1110 for returns.</span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><span style="display: inline; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://news.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Find out more about Richard II starring David Tennant on our website</a></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; outline: none;"><br /></span></div>

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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>

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The Royal Shakespeare Company Want Your Questions For The Costume Department

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJGLq-Mh0uo1otFCu86I-1_cW55NB1K_y3_BGBqq2QiDe2PMVbJ_Mu83R9iCZe7Wj_mTQv2zCgHCRYocM-Ws425OMyLjON1blt7nllpi308rLppafKLM6TZYT0zy8yEauHdLq4tJy7AA/s1600/re8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJGLq-Mh0uo1otFCu86I-1_cW55NB1K_y3_BGBqq2QiDe2PMVbJ_Mu83R9iCZe7Wj_mTQv2zCgHCRYocM-Ws425OMyLjON1blt7nllpi308rLppafKLM6TZYT0zy8yEauHdLq4tJy7AA/s1600/re8.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 want your questions for their Costume Department for an interview to be published on their website next week.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alistair McArthur, the RSC Head of Costume takes us on a guided tour of the department in the latest Richard II video production diary and gives a glimpse of the team hard at work producing costumes and armour for the play starring David Tennant.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If the clip has piqued your curiosity and you want to know more about what it's like to create the amazing costumes seen on stage, the RSC are giving you the chance to ask the team directly. You can either tweet your questions to <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRSC"><span style="color: blue;">@TheRSC</span></a> using the hashtag #RSCRichardII or post them on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thersc"><span style="color: blue;">RSC Facebook page</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;">Richard II starring David Tennant and directed by Gregory Doran opens tomorrow at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon for previews and remains in residency until Saturday 16th November before transferring to the Barbican Theatre in London. The production is currently sold out but you can check for returns on <b>0844 800 1110</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b>Watch the latest video production diary 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 style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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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>

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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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Video Countdown To Richard II: David Tennant As Hamlet

<div class="MsoNormal"><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/AVvXsEgdJwKAiFlFFhxP5ueH83xgLuYTQd4I5kPG02kEY-GTlojz6ZNPyoUKWy2x-q5F0mboUtz3Eh8A_mtS9o3zblJcD_XVyROS20jHF8WUBdV75G8p29aSib5qW0Xc9Ndo5nweFz6DqfoV9Qo/s1600/hamlet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJwKAiFlFFhxP5ueH83xgLuYTQd4I5kPG02kEY-GTlojz6ZNPyoUKWy2x-q5F0mboUtz3Eh8A_mtS9o3zblJcD_XVyROS20jHF8WUBdV75G8p29aSib5qW0Xc9Ndo5nweFz6DqfoV9Qo/s640/hamlet.jpg" width="511" /></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;">There’s three days left before the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Richard II starring David Tennant opens in <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place>. Today’s video countdown clip features David’s take on what is probably the best known of all of Shakespeare’s soliloquies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David took on the role of Hamlet for the RSC in 2008, directed by Gregory Doran, performing in both Stratford-upon-Avon and <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city>. In summer 2009 the BBC, Illuminations and Greg Doran filmed a version of the production with all of the original cast members and creative team.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The clip is, of course, Hamlet’s ‘To be or not to be’ soliloquy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><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/xYZHb2xo0OI" width="560"></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hamlet is available to purchase through our shop:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To buy the DVD: <a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/dtennant-21/detail/B002PXHRFQ">click here</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To buy the DVD (US customers): <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/datethsi-20/detail/B0038RSJ0U">click here</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To buy the region-free Blu-ray: <a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/dtennant-21/detail/B00370844Y">click here</a></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An Australian release is available through the ABC shop: <a href="https://shop.abc.net.au/products/hamlet-2">click here</a></span><br /><br /><br /></div>

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Video Countdown To Richard II: David Tennant As Angelo From Measure For Measure

<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHVaOJ_-56L1YKQi_meX0jPkbZPOTkWy0dA_cpGMGLNNbVPaO76ZvGcNdvff15BOxHsqxa-ClyVan-AYH3V8IWoJcxmj1QOWjAfRpk7z75t_HT_-Le_7orb4Hz5nGtEzBTWsYoSnARAE/s1600/Angelo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHVaOJ_-56L1YKQi_meX0jPkbZPOTkWy0dA_cpGMGLNNbVPaO76ZvGcNdvff15BOxHsqxa-ClyVan-AYH3V8IWoJcxmj1QOWjAfRpk7z75t_HT_-Le_7orb4Hz5nGtEzBTWsYoSnARAE/s1600/Angelo.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;">Royal Shakespeare Company's production of <i>Richard II</i> starring David Tennant as the King opens in just four days time in <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place>. In the meantime we’re posting a daily Shakespearean video clip of David</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;">Today’s clip comes from an Open University programme, <i>Conjuring Shakespeare,</i> which was shown on BBC Two in 1997. The clip features David Tennant and Catherine Cusack as Angelo and Isabella enacting a scene from <i>Measure For Measure </i>(Act II Scene iv)</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 BFI database says of the programme:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Explores Shakespeare's play "Measure for Measure" and the questions it raises around morality and virginity against its setting of corruption, and particularly the moral dilemma facing the virtuous heroine - whether to sin and give up her virginity in order to save her brother's life. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><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/6JpTAaLi_Q8" width="420"></iframe></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><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 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><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

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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 - Character Profiles - Duke Of York

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1__NRxcM7NoRvw-NMs8c2YXkgg_06GBJ5CIb7UVIQiRGTpLp7dntmCPpburFSlY4SiXKv6a2wAbpC9ysviVmc5ducXAG54RjPMKTRzvzRSxcna6Dl6N0TTnq_PJ9YXSkom-9o9LFWnjE/s1600/Edmund_of_Langley_2C_Duke_of_York.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1__NRxcM7NoRvw-NMs8c2YXkgg_06GBJ5CIb7UVIQiRGTpLp7dntmCPpburFSlY4SiXKv6a2wAbpC9ysviVmc5ducXAG54RjPMKTRzvzRSxcna6Dl6N0TTnq_PJ9YXSkom-9o9LFWnjE/s1600/Edmund_of_Langley_2C_Duke_of_York.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we look forward to David Tennant's performance as Richard II in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the play, we will be taking a look at the play and its characters in a series of articles.<br />We continue with a look at how some character's loyalties are tested to the extreme...</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span> </span><br /><div id="yiv7551940571yui_3_7_2_63_1379923892665_39"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, is Gaunt's brother and the last of Edward III's sons. He is both like and unlike his brother. He is like him in his absolute commitment of duty. Richard recognises this loyalty - just after York has rebuked him passionately and left the stage in disgust,he still makes the Duke Governor of England in his absence. Later in the plot, when York has taken an oath of allegiance to the new King Henry IV, he maintains his loyalty to Henry even to the point of informing on his own son Aumerle. It is no surprise that Henry sees in his uncle York something of his own father Gaunt, for York like Gaunt, lets neither family nor personal considerations come before duty.</span></div><div id="yiv7551940571yui_3_7_2_63_1379923892665_39"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet York is a much more commanding figure than Gaunt. For York old age mans not the wisdom of experience, it means weakness, indecision and helplessness. It is York himself who tries to dissuade Gaunt from criticising the King lest it do more harm than good and though he does make some efforts to organise resistance to Henry, these efforts are rather half hearted. When York confronts Henry, he simply admits he is powerless and yields. He is a man with neither natural authority nor initiative. Affairs simply leave him confused. So, far from being Richard's governor, he comes to claim to be neutral. He feels sympathy for Richard, but by the the time of the deposition he has moved from his neutrality to Henry's side and is the first to hail the new King. By Act V he has taken an oath of allegiance to Henry IV. It seems that for all his sense of duty , he drifts with - or is pushed by - events. The impression is of a man unable to cope: "Things past redress are now with me past care".</span></div><div id="yiv7551940571yui_3_7_2_63_1379923892665_39"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">York's indecision and ineffectuality constitute a crucial part of the design of Richard II for in him we see the central dilemma of the play; Gaunt dies before having to face the dilemma. York has outlived his time: his simple but firm sense of duty, ideal when the King is strong and noble like Edward III, does not know which way to turn when the King is weak and negligent like Richard II. It is precisely because York both wants to remain loyal to Richard and recognises that he has not behaved as a King should towards Henry that he is caught between the two sides. We might say that in him we see the confusion that results when the King ceases to be a true ruler and inspiration of his people.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></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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Available To Pre-Order Now: RSC Richard II Music & Speeches CD Featuring David Tennant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8l7lVcqqYFZpA-014o8pifR7CdDDVhHEAbKWXte9dtVXT9LTw6ZQidfG_Mw8WK-8iXhsPQkolAJYubQ9D0tpxsLFFa1bdHXVzhxoZN4PM9CBHCarhkFNxetVKuKcEBaaMRLc0xfY1tK8/s1600/dick2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8l7lVcqqYFZpA-014o8pifR7CdDDVhHEAbKWXte9dtVXT9LTw6ZQidfG_Mw8WK-8iXhsPQkolAJYubQ9D0tpxsLFFa1bdHXVzhxoZN4PM9CBHCarhkFNxetVKuKcEBaaMRLc0xfY1tK8/s1600/dick2.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;">Get a taste of what is to come from the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Royal Shakespeare Company Winter 2013 production of </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard II. </i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A new CD featuring music and speeches from the play</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is now available to pr-order from the RSC shop. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This CD features music from the new production composed by Paul Englishby, along with speeches performed by cast members David Tennant, Jane Lapotaire and Michael Pennington It also includes music composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams from the 1913 RSC production of <i>Richard II</i>. </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;">Track listing</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Lacrimosa (Paul Englishby)<br />2. Richard (Paul Englishby)<br />3. Finds brotherhood in thee no sharper spur? (speech Act I Sc ii Duchess of Gloucester - Jane Lapotaire)<br />4. In Paradisum (Paul Englishby)<br />5. Methinks I am a prophet new inspired (speech Act II Sc i John of Gaunt - Michael Pennington)<br />6. True Born Englishman (Paul Englishby)<br />7. Sicut Cervus (Paul Englishby)<br />8. Of comfort no man speak (speech Act III Sc ii Richard II - David Tennant)<br />9. Bolingbroke (Paul Englishby)<br />10. Requiem Aeternam (Paul Englishby)<br />11. Eased with being nothing (Ralph Vaughan Williams)<br />12. Greensleeves (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams)<br />13. In weeping after this untimely bier (Ralph Vaughan Williams)<br />14. Agnus dei (Ralph Vaughan Williams)<br />15. Pie Jesu, Amen (Paul Englishby)</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 CD is released on October 18th and costs £5 or £4.50 for RSC members</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/shop/item/62328-richard-ii-music--speeches-cd-2013/"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Pre-order your copy here</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;"><a href="http://www.rsc.org.uk/shop/category/fc90cd87-1926-4da6-8738-9990cbde8b63/"><span style="color: blue;">Click here</span></a> to view the full range of Richard II merchandise from the RSC shop</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> 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"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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Richard II - Character Profiles - Bishop Of Carlisle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1AUTuDcwLVy9-6Fh8uXXUMMk7cqwZhXq3YTuWfgLKjIl5jc9FDJCbeUx_-o3FqVHUgm3CPM0I_q7hDHTRKKfyGOvHibvCl1hXYIJA7RpVkEHFzkViLd6fG5m_ULs9VvU8FH30LfB7Zg/s1600/crown.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1AUTuDcwLVy9-6Fh8uXXUMMk7cqwZhXq3YTuWfgLKjIl5jc9FDJCbeUx_-o3FqVHUgm3CPM0I_q7hDHTRKKfyGOvHibvCl1hXYIJA7RpVkEHFzkViLd6fG5m_ULs9VvU8FH30LfB7Zg/s640/crown.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we look forward to David Tennant's performance as Richard II in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the play, we will be taking a look at the play and its characters in a series of articles.<br />We continue with a look at Richard's most loyal supporter...</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div id="yiv7551940571yui_3_7_2_63_1379923892665_39"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thomas Merke, Bishop of Carlisle, is the noblest of Richard's followers, he is totally devoted to his King. He is prepared to defend Richard in the midst of the enemy camp in Act IV and to fight to restore him to his throne. Despite his part in the Abbot of Westminster's plot, Henry, his enemy, grants him his life, but it seems unlikely his unwavering commitment would ever have allowed him, like Aumerle, to change his allegiance and beg for a pardon. Henry nevertheless does pardon him because, as he says, "High sparks of honour in thee I have seen". There is similar evidence of his holiness and dignity earlier in the play when Percy says that there is in Flint Castle with Richard "A clergyman of holy reverence" and from this description Northumberland recognises the Bishop. </span></div><div id="yiv7551940571yui_3_7_2_63_1379923892665_39"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To this Bishop Shakespeare gives the most eloquent defence of Richard's inalienable rights as divinely anointed King, but he also advises Richard to take steps to defend himself. Clearly the Bishop is not ignorant to the ways of the world. He believes that "heaven helps those who help themselves" and he himself acts in the plot against Henry. That it is this high minded clergyman, so unlike Richard's flatterers and the brusque Earl Of Northumberland, who foretells a bloody civil war as the consequence of Richard's deposition, lends the prophecy an awful authority.</span></div><div><br /><br /></div>

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