This morning, the Royal Shakespeare Company's new artistic director, Gregory Doran, confirmed that David Tennant is to return to the company in the title role of Richard II.
The production, will also be directed by Doran, who previously directed Tennant in Hamlet and Love's Labours Lost. The show will transfer to the RSC's original London home of the Barbican after its run in Stratford between 10th October-16th November 2013.
A video interview with David Tennant has be posted on YouTube by the RSC, which DWO viewers can watch below:
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+ Ticket information will be available in the coming weeks.
[Source: RSC]
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the charter of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Mail is issuing a set of 6 stamps and a miniature sheet, one of which features David Tennant.
Working with the Company Royal Mail selected six iconic Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Shakespeare’s plays to illustrate the issue.
1st class - Hamlet - The stamp shows former Doctor Who David Tennant as Hamlet in 2008.
66p - The Tempest - Antony Sher plays Prospero in the 2009 production.
68p - Henry VI - Chuk Iwuji plays Henry VI in the 2006 production.
76p - King Lear - A classic shot of Paul Schofield as Lear from 1962.
£1.00 - A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Sara Kestelman plays the fairy queen Titania from 1970.
£1.10 - Romeo and Juliet - Ian McKellen and Francesca Annis play the doomed lovers from 1976.
+ The stamps will be released on 12th April 2011.
[Sources: Royal Mail; Norvic Philatelics]
