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suns-of-gallifrey:chocolatequeennk:suns-of-gallifrey:chocolatequeennk:suns-of-gallifrey:chocolatequeennk:suns-of-gallifrey:chocolatequeennk:suns-of-gallifrey:davidtennantcom:David Tennant Features In New Richard II DocumentaryDavid Tennant will feature as a guest contributor in the new documentary by presenter Stephen Smith,How To Get Ahead: At Medieval Court…Click link to read more“Watch How To Get Ahead: At Medieval Court on Wednesday 12th March at 9pm on BBC Four”Do you know how awesome this would be/will be?? Gah! Of course, Richard is sort of the example of what NOT to do to get ahead at Medieval court… “I’m going to banish my cousin and the guy I paid off to look the other way while I had my uncle killed, then when another uncle dies, I’ll take his money instead of keeping it for my cousin when he returns. After pissing everyone off, I’ll leave the country under the control of my one remaining uncle (blimey, my granddad had a lot of sons…) while I rush off to Ireland to fight a war we can’t afford. Yep, that’s a sound plan. Glad I thought of it.”(Sticking to my pledge to reblog every Richard II thing that comes up in my dash.)By the way… I love those two here: Oliver Ford Davies as the Duke Of York is so done with Richard and Richard is just doing his “I am a fabulous king, bitches!” Thing… …. Bahahahahaha…For those who don’t know: Ford Davies also played Polonius in Greg Doran’s Hamlet adaptation.Haha, isn’t he? Richard is in the middle of giving up his crown while simultaneously very subtly accusing his cousin of usurping the throne, and poor Uncle York is just standing there wondering how much longer he has to listen to this. The BEST scene with the Duke of York though had to be with all three members of the York Clan in front of Henry IV, arguing if Aumerle should be pardoned or not. I nearly fell out of my seat laughing.Heehee…. Yes, that, too. I only saw the play once, but some things stuck with me. I loved the combination. Shakespeare’s brilliant humour (also noticable in Hamlet) and the actors’ take adding to it. David did a fantastic job in this, his pauses, his faces, his inflections. Wonderful. As the others. A brilliant ensemble. But David does have a grasp of Shakespeare that is very, very rare.I saw it twice, once in Stratford and once in the cinema. David’s command of both the story and the character made a huge impact on me as a writer. The full-body gut punch when he realised his friends had been executed by Bolingbroke… that’s what writing coaches mean when they say, “Show, don’t tell.” That’s what grief and regret look like, and I will never forget it.Absolutely! He’s an inspiration for both writers and other actors… Or aspiring actors. He’s just a master of his craft and so genuinely loves what he does. I would have seen it multiple times… for DT, obviously, and from an acting perspective… to see the subtle nuances that are different each time. I regret it, but I couldn’t, because that would have involved either a longer stay or multiple flights, as I’m from Germany. Yes, David is an exceptional actor. Our drama teachers always say that lines only develop as a secondary process, and out of the emotions and thoughts that your character experiences - you need to transport THOSE. So that is basically the same advice as for writers. Show. Don’t tell. And David is a textbook example of an actor who has mastered that.I’m so looking forward to the DVD. It’s going to be the same performance over and over, but that’s good for studying the details. :)Know the character first, and the lines will come. (This is why I love writing dialogue.) My struggle is always the descriptive bits, because I’m not a visual person. Seeing the emotion on his face taught me more than reading a dozen books on craft. I cannot wait for the DVD. I have a reference called The Emotion Thesaurus that I plan to annotate while I watch it over and over. (Grief: cf Richard II 3.2, etc) I need the pictures in my head. Speaking of pictures, I’ve never been a writer who casts my books, but David-as-Richard and Nigel-as-Bolingbroke are totally the villains of the Robin Hood trilogy I’m working on. Just in looks only.This. I do write a bit myself. Bit of fan fic… The dialogue just pours out of me. I love doing that. The thought processes and emotions behind those lines. Bliss! I can also describe quite ok… using all my senses to achieve that. My problem is with the action. I’m always insecure of writing action-based scenes. But I guess I’m having a phase in which I focuss a lot on interaction.Your dream cast sounds nice, though! I can actually see that.I have a feeling action is going to kill me on this project. It’s only fair, I guess… I’ve spent three books working on description, so it’s time for something new to be hard. I need a play list of good films to watch. Having a dream cast certainly helped with describing the characters. :) Actually, describing them was when I realised who I had in mind. -- source link
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