David as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (the first time he did it, that is!)
David Tennant fans are aware of 2011's brilliant Much Ado About Nothing, in which DT starred as Benedick, alongside Catherine Tate as Beatrice. Filmed at the Wyndham's Theatre in London and directed by Josie Rourke, the production was recorded and offered on Digital Theatre.
But did you know David had played Benedick before?
Yep - he sure has!
It was in 2001, a full decade before his production with Catherine.
Beginning in 1999, BBC Radio 3 launched Shakespeare For The Millennium, an ambitious project to dramatize seventeen Shakespeare productions in four years.
The project was done in collaboration with BBC Worldwide, which emphasized it wanted to take a contemporary, innovative approach to the Bard. It launched on 12 September 1999 with a Shakespeare discussion panel, and a new production of Hamlet -- starring none other than Michael Sheen as the Dane!
On 23 September 2001, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a new production of Much Ado About Nothing as the Sunday Play, with David in the lead role as Benedick and Samantha Spiro as Beatrice. Adapted by Sally Avens, it featured an introduction (as had all the previous productions in the Shakespeare For The Millennium series) by Richard Eyre, the former Director of the Royal National Theatre.
The production also starred a few other recognizable names. There was Chiwetel Ejiofor as Claudio, Emilia Fox as Hero, David Swift as Leonato, Julian Rhind-Tutt as Don John, and David Haig as Dogberry.
All original music was composed and performed by Simon Oakes and Adam Wolters.
Radio listings and announcements, and promo photos of David and Samantha Spiro
Here's a review of the prodcuction!
Much Ado About Nothing was commercially released by BBC Worldwide as part of the BBC Radio collection series in 2001.
The sleeve notes of cassettes and CDs of the production include a scene-by-scene synopsis, a full character analysis, and an essay on interpretation from the director Sally Avens.
Almost four years later, in November 2005, BBC One broadcast a television series called ShakespeaRe-Told, a set of four adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. Each play was adapted by a different writer, and all were relocated to the present day.
The first to be broadcast - on 7 November 2005 - was a modern-day version of Much Ado About Nothing starring Sarah Parrish and Damien Lewis...and Billie Piper and Nina Sosanya and Olivia Colman!
You can watch it here:
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Six days after this television broadcast - on 13 November 2005 at 7:15 pm - BBC Radio 3 re-broadcast the audio version starring David and Samantha in its 'Drama On 3' slot.
Fast forward to August 2020.
The BBC released a set of four BBC Radio Shakespeare collections: Histories, Comedies, Tragedies, and Roman Plays. Much Ado About Nothing was included in the collection of Comedies, and became available as an Audible digital download.
If you want to listen, you can find this collection a lot of places. It might be at your local library or on Overdrive, on Google Play, or as an Amazon Audible book.
I've been getting a lot of questions/requests regarding possible streams and thought it might be helpful to catalog everything we've watched so far! I'll keep it pinned and updated moving forward.
Longtime crowd favorites (streamed at least three times) are marked with a single asterisk.
Why isn’t [specific actor/video] on this list?
The video is currently marked not for trade.
We haven’t gotten to it yet.
The footage does not exist or is too incomplete.
It isn't on a platform I can stream it from.
There's something particularly off-putting about the video or actor.
How can I get a copy of a video listed here?
There's a list of publicly available bootlegs here, and there are many other adaptations on the Phantom Retrospective channel. Otherwise, contact @glassprism (or another trader) for a possible trade, or check her website for info on which master(s) to contact.
For general stream info, please see the Saturday Streams FAQ.
On to the list!
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
(Dividing these by decade because there's a character limit per text block!)
1980s/90s
1988 Broadway: Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Steve Barton
1989 Broadway: Cris Groenendaal, Rebecca Luker, Steve Barton
1989 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Dale Kristien, Steve Barton
1990 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Mary D’Arcy, Reece Holland
1991 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Dale Kristien, Michael Piontek
1993 U.S. Tour: Franc D’Ambrosio, Tracy Shayne, Ciaran Sheehan
1993 Vienna: Alexander Goebel, Luzia Nistler, Alfred Pfeifer*
@theimpossiblescheme asked: My Top Five Gus the Theatre Cats
Joachim Kemmer
Rory Campbell
Yngve Gasoy Romdal
Christopher Gurr
Lucius Wolter
Runners Up: Stephen Hanan, Toshihide Mura (村 俊英), Philippe Ermelier, John Anker Bow, Hal Fowler, Richard Poole, Wim Van Den Driessche, Gene Scheer, and Ian Jon Bourg
(Note this excludes film/video Guses as well as CD only Guses)
Title: To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
Authors: Tom A. Johnson
ISBN: 9780451222183
Tags: AC-47 Spooky, B-52 Stratofortress, CH-47 Chinook, CH-54 Tarhe, EOD, LAO Laos, LAO Laotian Civil War (1959-1975), LAO Operation Commando Hunt (1968-1972) (Laotian Civil War) (Vietnam War), LAO Operation Shining Brass / Prairie Fire / Phu Dong (1965-1975) (Laotian Civil War) (Vietnam War), O-1 Bird Dog, OH-13 Sioux, OH-23 Raven, OV-1 Mohawk, Pathfinders, UH-1 Huey, US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, US USA 11th Aviation Group, US USA 11th Aviation Support Group, US USA 12th Cavalry Regiment, US USA 12th Cavalry Regiment - 2/12, US USA 15th Medical Det. - Mercy, US USA 173rd Airborne Brigade - Sky Soldiers, US USA 1st Cavalry Division, US USA 1st Cavalry Division - 11th Pathfinder Co., US USA 20th Aerial Rocket Artillery Bn, US USA 20th Aerial Rocket Artillery Bn - 2/20 - Blue Max, US USA 227th Assault Helicopter Bn, US USA 227th Assault Helicopter Bn - C/227, US USA 228th Assault Helicopter Bn, US USA 229th Assault Helicopter Bn, US USA 229th Assault Helicopter Bn - A/229 - Bandit, US USA 229th Assault Helicopter Bn - A/229 - Python, US USA 229th Assault Helicopter Bn - B/229 - Preachers, US USA 229th Assault Helicopter Bn - D/229 - Smiling Tiger, US USA 229th Assault Helicopter Bn - D/229 - Tom Cat, US USA 478th Aviation Co, US USA 7th Cavalry Regiment, US USA 7th Cavalry Regiment - 1/7 - C Troop, US USA 7th Cavalry Regiment - 2/7, US USA 8th Cavalry Regiment, US USA 8th Cavalry Regiment - 1/8, US USA 8th Cavalry Regiment - 1/8 - B Troop, US USA 8th Cavalry Regiment - 1/8 - C Troop, US USA 8th Cavalry Regiment - 2/8, US USA 8th Engineer Bn, US USA 9th Cavalry Regiment, US USA 9th Cavalry Regiment - 1/9, US USA 9th Cavalry Regiment - 1/9 - C Troop, US USA Fort Polk LA, US USA Fort Rucker AL, US USA Fort Rucker AL - Hanchey Army Air Field, US USA Fort Wolters TX (1963-1973), US USA General Creighton Abrams, US USA General John "Jack" Norton, US USA General John Tolson, US USA LRRP Team (Vietnam War), US USA United States Army, US USA USSF Green Berets, US USA USSF Special Forces, US USMC 3rd MarDiv, US USMC United States Marine Corps, US USN Construction Battalions (Seabees), US USN SEALS, US USN United States Navy, USA 5th SFG, VNM 1968 Tet Offensive (1968) (Vietnam War), VNM A Louie Airstrip, VNM A Shau Valley, VNM An Khe, VNM An Lao Valley, VNM Ba To Airstrip, VNM Battle of Hue City (1968) (Tet Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Battle of Khe Sanh (1968) (Tet Offensive) (Vietnam War), VNM Bong Son, VNM Bong Son Pass, VNM Bong Son River, VNM Camp Evans (Vietnam War), VNM Camp Radcliff (Vietnam War), VNM Cay Giep Mountains, VNM Central Highlands, VNM Command and Control North/FOB-4 (Vietnam War), VNM Da Nang, VNM Dak To, VNM Dam Tra-O Lake, VNM Dia Dong, VNM Dong Ha, VNM DRV NVA 22nd Regiment, VNM DRV NVA 325C Division, VNM DRV NVA 325C Division - 7th Bn, VNM DRV NVA 325C Division - 9th Bn, VNM DRV NVA 3rd Division, VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM Highway 1, VNM Highway 19, VNM Hill 450, VNM Hill 814 (LZ Peanuts) (Vietnam War), VNM Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnam War), VNM Hon Kon (Hong Kong Mountain) / (Signal Mountain), VNM Hue, VNM Hue Phu Bai, VNM I Corps (Vietnam War), VNM II Corps (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Bird (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Dog (Vietnam War), VNM LZ El Paso (Vietnam War), VNM LZ English (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Geronimo (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Laramie (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Pat (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Pepper (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Sally (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Sandra (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Sharon (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Signal Hill (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Stud (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Thor (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Tiger (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Tom (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Two Bits (Vietnam War), VNM LZ Vicki (Vietnam War), VNM Marble Mountain, VNM Nui Mot (The Rockpile), VNM Operation Arc Light (1965-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Delaware / Lam Son 216 (1968) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Jeb Stuart (1968) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Pegasus / Lam Son 207 (1968) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Pershing (1967-1968) (Vietnam War), VNM Phan Rang Air Base, VNM Phu Cat Mountains, VNM Quang Tri, VNM Quang Tri Province, VNM Qui Nhon, VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM Song Ba, VNM Song Chal Truc, VNM Song Re, VNM Song Re Valley, VNM Tam Quan, VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US MACVSOG (1964-1972) (Vietnam War), VNM US UH-1 Huey Firefly Missions (Vietnam War), VNM US USAF Phu Cat Air Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC DHCB Dong Ha Combat Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC KSCB Khe Sanh Combat Base (Vietnam War), VNM US USMC MMAF Marble Mountain Air Facility, VNM US USMC QTCB Quang Tri Combat Base (Vietnam War), VNM Vietnam, VNM Vietnam War (1955-1975)
Rating: ★★★★ (4 Stars)
Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Aviation.US Army.Helos.Slicks, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Laotian Civil War.Aviation.Helos
Description: **The riveting memoir of a Vietnam War helicopter pilot.
“When you step into a Huey with Tom Johnson, you’re in for the real thing. No one has previously captured the Vietnam helicopter experience with such gripping authority.”—Robert F. Dorr, author of Chopper
**
From June 1967 to June 1968, Tom Johnson accumulated an astonishing 1,600 flying hours piloting the UH-1 “Iroquois”—better known as the “Huey”—as part of the famous First Air Cavalry Division. His battalion was one of the most decorated units of the Vietnam War, and helped redefine modern warfare.
Johnson’s riveting memoir takes us into key battles and rescue missions, including those for Hue and Khe Sanh. In harrowing detail, he tells of being shot down in the battle of A Shau Valley, of surviving enemy attacks during the Tet Offensive, and of a death-defying nighttime river rescue, in which only the bare feet of soldiers hanging off the Huey’s skids kept the helicopter from plunging under water. From dangerous missions to narrow escapes, Johnson’s memoir vividly captures the adrenaline rush and the horror of war, and takes you on a ride you’ll never forget.
Coubard, Olivier A. Neurovision: Neural Bases of Binocular Vision and Coordination and Their Implications in Visual Training Programs. Frontiers Media SA, 2015.
“Department of Health.” Types of Vision Problems, New York State, Jan. 2012, https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/conditions/vision_and_eye_health/types_of_vision_problems.htm.
Evans, Bruce J. W. Pickwell's Binocular Vision Anomalies: Investigation and Treatment. 6th ed., Elsevier, 2021.
Hussaindeen, Jameel Rizwana, and Mitchell Scheiman. Keep It Single and Simple Binocular Vision Testing and Treatment Made Easy. Nova Science Publishers, 2021.
McCoun, Jacques, and Lucien Reeves. Binocular Vision: Development, Depth Perception, and Disorders. Nova Science Publishers, 2010.
Scheiman, Mitchell, et al. Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, Accommodative, and Eye Movement Disorders. 5th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2020.
Stidwill, David, and Robert Fletcher. Normal Binocular Vision: Theory, Investigation and Practical Aspects. Wiley-Blackwell, 2017.
“Trip Medical Database.” Trip Medical Database, https://www.tripdatabase.com/.
Wray, Shirley H. Eye Movement Disorders in Clinical Practice. Oxford University Press, 2014.
1. Mowing grass for the farmer John Wolters, who often paid me in 1930s-era silver certificates.
2. Detasseling and de-roguing corn for Oetting's Detasseling. Rural kid summer job, hot and tiresome.
3. Clean-up guy at Orly's Meat Market, Locker, and Deli. I cleaned the whole bloody place.
4. Sales representative at Dumont Telemarketing. Yes, I was a telemarketer, and I’m sorry.
5. Hired hand at Schmadeke's Feed Mill, one of the grain elevators in my rural Iowa hometown. So much dust.
6. Soldier in the Iowa National Guard, where I had the opportunity to work security for the circus and qualify as an expert on the grenade launcher. (Not at the same time, though.)
7. Pizza technician at Pizza Hut, where I made pizzas. Curious to know how much free root beer I drank there.
8. Summer park technician at Butler County Conservation. For two summers I got to help keep the parks trimmed and tidy.
9. Trash man at Iowa State University. Picked up trash around my dorm, and it was trashy.
10. Food service dishwasher at the University of Northern Iowa. No. Just no.
11. Weekend on-air talent and assistant music director at KUNI-FM, a public radio station. Still one of my favorite jobs ever.
12. Retailer and vinyl record specialist at Co-Op Records. The discount was large and the subsequent paychecks were small.
13. Content manager at Stayhealthy dot com, where I participated in the Dotcom boom and garnered my first tech layoff.
14. Assistant manager at the Sam Goody music store in a mall, almost the exact opposite of the cool indie record store above.
15. Receptionist at Public Radio International. Get a foot in the door, they say. I did, and it really kicked things off.
16. Client Relations Manager at Public Radio International. I sold programs and an early SaaS CMS to stations.
17. Senior Manager, Interactive Content and Marketing. Got to work with Ira Glass, Bob Edwards, and the BBC. Met Slash in an elevator.
18. Content Strategist at Brain Traffic. Got to work with THE Kristina Halvorson, which was fantastic.
19. Sr. Manager, Digital Content Strategy at Ameriprise Financial. The on-page disclosures were really something: 4,000+ words on one!
20. Vice President of Web Content Strategy at Weber Shandwick. Agency life, all of the clients, and amazing bosses.
21. Sr. Content Designer at Shopify. Content design, commerce, and cool co-workers.
22. Staff Content Designer at Shopify. A promotion to be proud of! Such a well-oiled content team there. (Miss y’all, still!)
23. Content Designer at Cash App. Easily the hippest colleagues ever.
New drum lesson teaching "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" by Dr Hook. Lots of cool grooves to get stuck into! Full lesson and PDF sheet music now on the website...
Woensdagavond stond de Markt in Uden in het teken van de opnames van het Muziekfeest op het Plein. Er kwam heel veel publiek op het muziekspektakel af, uit alle streken van Nederland.
Goede sfeer
Er heerste een reuze gezellige sfeer op de Markt, waar onder het genot van een drankje naar de diverse optredens van artiesten gekeken en geluisterd kon worden. Het weer speelde ook nog eens een positieve rol in het feest.
Muziekfeest op het Plein
Er vonden verschillende optredens plaats op het podium van het muziekfeest waaronder die Wolter Kroes, Jannes, Senna, De Offsiders, Corry Konings, Frans Duijts, Jeroen van der Boom en John de Bever. De presentatie was in handen van Jan Smit.
Uitzending
Het feest in Uden zal in 2 afleveringen worden uitgezonden. De uitzendingen zullen plaats vinden op 4 en 11 augustus op NPO 1.
The Tampa Bay Rays were forced to move their Spring Training site to Tropicana Field this year due to Hurricane Ian and the damage to their Port Charlotte facility. Today, the Twins made the trip up to St. Petersburg to play the Rays. The Twins opened the scoring in the third inning when Tyler White and Ryan LaMarre drew walks. Jose Miranda delivered a two-out run-scoring single to left and the Twins had a one-run lead after three innings of play. The Rays would rally in the fourth with a Harold Ramirez lead-off single. Charlie Culberson reached on an infield single and Rene Pinto lined an RBI single to right to even the game at one apiece. Pitching dominated for a good portion of the day, but the Rays had something to say in the seventh. Ronny Simon led-off the inning with a walk, stole second base, and advanced to third on a throwing error by Chance Sisco. Roberto Alvarez hit a sacrifice fly to left to put Tampa Bay up by a run. The Twins would have some late game magic and it all started with a Noah Miller lead-off single in the ninth. He stole second base and reached third on a groundball. DaShawn Keirsey then belted a pitch high off the right field wall. The initial call was a home run, but it was determined that the ball went back into the field of play for a double. Keirsey would steal third base and scored athe bad throw by Roberto Alvarez. Aaron Sabato kept the inning alive with a walk then stole second base. He reached third on a wild pitch and Roberto Alvarez had another bad throw. He scored on the play and the Twins led 4-2. Locke St. John had a 1-2-3 ninth and the Twins stole a game from the Rays today.
-Final Thoughts- Kenta Maeda went a little deeper in his second spring start. He threw two scoreless innings and allowed two hits with two strikeouts. Apparently the Trop was so quiet that every hitter knew what pitch was coming from Kenta. Tony Wolters had an earpiece in saying the signs. Randy Dobnak gave up a run on four hits with a strikeout over two innings. Griffin Jax fanned two in a perfect fifth, Oliver Ortega had a 1-2-3 sixth, and Cody Laweryson gave up a run in the seventh. Dereck Rodriguez had a clean eighth and Locke St. John picked up the save with a perfect ninth. The Twins scattered three hits and went 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position. They left six men on base. Tomorrow, James Paxton will face Sonny Gray as the Twins return home to play the Red Sox at Hammond Stadium. Gilberto Celestino has ruptured the UCL in his left thumb and will miss 6-8 weeks to start the season.