The David Tennant Treat 4 Today is the fifth production diary for Richard II which was posted by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2013.
The description for this video is:
'Professor Jim Shapiro sits in on week five of rehearsals of Richard II.
He talks about treason, censorship and seditious material in a 'radioactive play' which was both shocking and highly topical for audiences when it was written, and six years later sparked an outrising.
Professor Shapiro explains connections between Richard II and the reigning monarch, Elizabeth I, which Elizabeth herself, then a childless and ageing monarch, saw all too clearly. Like Richard, she had problems with Ireland, taxed her people and had no heir.'
David Tennant starred as Richard II in the Royal Shakespeare production of the play in Stratford-upon-Avon from Thursday 19th October until Saturday 16th November 2013 before transferring to the Barbican Centre in London from Monday 13th December 2013 until Saturday 24th January 2014. The performance of 13th November was screened in various cinemas worldwide and later released on DVD.
David Tennant reprised his role as Richard II for the RSC Kings And Country cycle at the Barbican centre in January 2016 before transferring to the Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM) in March 2016.
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