@atennantcytoact.bsky.social
Official account for "A Tennantcy To Act", a Substack (& companion podcast) where I use my decade's worth of research into David Tennant's early works to explore all things weird, rare and obscure about his career!
Find me at: atennantcytoact.substack.com
Find me at: atennantcytoact.substack.com
Welcome! We have cookies!
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Welcome! We have cookies!
I intend to do a much deeper dive into this collection at some point in the future. It deserves it. And after all, what's not to like about David Tennant and Shakespeare, right?
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I intend to do a much deeper dive into this collection at some point in the future. It deserves it. And after all, what's not to like about David Tennant and Shakespeare, right?
David lent his voice to seven plays — 'Henry VI', 'Macbeth', 'Richard III', 'Romeo and Juliet', 'The Comedy of Errors', and 'The Merchant of Venice'.
The two photos Burnett released are all we’ve seen since then. Gotta admit — I'm very curious abt what other Tennant treasures her archive may hold!
The two photos Burnett released are all we’ve seen since then. Gotta admit — I'm very curious abt what other Tennant treasures her archive may hold!
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
David lent his voice to seven plays — 'Henry VI', 'Macbeth', 'Richard III', 'Romeo and Juliet', 'The Comedy of Errors', and 'The Merchant of Venice'.
The two photos Burnett released are all we’ve seen since then. Gotta admit — I'm very curious abt what other Tennant treasures her archive may hold!
The two photos Burnett released are all we’ve seen since then. Gotta admit — I'm very curious abt what other Tennant treasures her archive may hold!
n June 2019, photographer @sheilabphoto shared two archive shots of a young David Tennant — taken while she was the principal photographer for The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare, an epic BBC audio project first released on cassette (1999–2000) and later on 98 CDs in 2003.
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
n June 2019, photographer @sheilabphoto shared two archive shots of a young David Tennant — taken while she was the principal photographer for The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare, an epic BBC audio project first released on cassette (1999–2000) and later on 98 CDs in 2003.
Heya everyone!
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon these! 👇
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon these! 👇
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Heya everyone!
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon these! 👇
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon these! 👇
Yes, we know Michael Sheen played Romeo first (and if this were Staged, there’d be words!)-but today’s all about David.
COMING SOON (w/@smallmegapixel.bsky.social): Part II of The Sheenant Chronicles. I dive into David Tennant’s plague-ridden RSC Romeo and Juliet (2000–01).
Ghosts were involved!!
COMING SOON (w/@smallmegapixel.bsky.social): Part II of The Sheenant Chronicles. I dive into David Tennant’s plague-ridden RSC Romeo and Juliet (2000–01).
Ghosts were involved!!
October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Yes, we know Michael Sheen played Romeo first (and if this were Staged, there’d be words!)-but today’s all about David.
COMING SOON (w/@smallmegapixel.bsky.social): Part II of The Sheenant Chronicles. I dive into David Tennant’s plague-ridden RSC Romeo and Juliet (2000–01).
Ghosts were involved!!
COMING SOON (w/@smallmegapixel.bsky.social): Part II of The Sheenant Chronicles. I dive into David Tennant’s plague-ridden RSC Romeo and Juliet (2000–01).
Ghosts were involved!!
You mean this one?
October 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
You mean this one?
You've got this! David says so.
August 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
You've got this! David says so.
Sign me up! As long as I'm exempt from this....
August 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Sign me up! As long as I'm exempt from this....
David wrote an essay about playing Touchstone in 1998 which was included in 'Players of Shakespeare 4: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company' by Robert Smallwood.
The essay can be found in various places. Here are excerpts from it at Google Books:
The essay can be found in various places. Here are excerpts from it at Google Books:
August 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
David wrote an essay about playing Touchstone in 1998 which was included in 'Players of Shakespeare 4: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company' by Robert Smallwood.
The essay can be found in various places. Here are excerpts from it at Google Books:
The essay can be found in various places. Here are excerpts from it at Google Books:
But did you know that when the exhibition first opened in 2016, it showed off David’s brightly checkered jester’s coat in red, green, and yellow, with a three-pronged hat and jingling bells, which he wore as Touchstone in 'As You Like It' in 1996?
Yup!
Yup!
August 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
But did you know that when the exhibition first opened in 2016, it showed off David’s brightly checkered jester’s coat in red, green, and yellow, with a three-pronged hat and jingling bells, which he wore as Touchstone in 'As You Like It' in 1996?
Yup!
Yup!
And it looks like you might even see the nail varnish David used as Richard II in the production of the same name:
August 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
And it looks like you might even see the nail varnish David used as Richard II in the production of the same name:
Right now, you can spot David ’s famous red screen-printed t-shirt from his 2008 Hamlet:
August 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Right now, you can spot David ’s famous red screen-printed t-shirt from his 2008 Hamlet:
If you’ve never been, there's a free exhibition on Level 1 of the RSC's Swan Theatre in Stratford called 'The Play’s The Thing '. Since 2016, it’s been showing off Stratford’s rich theatre history—costumes, props, film, sound, and even a 1623 First Folio!
August 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If you’ve never been, there's a free exhibition on Level 1 of the RSC's Swan Theatre in Stratford called 'The Play’s The Thing '. Since 2016, it’s been showing off Stratford’s rich theatre history—costumes, props, film, sound, and even a 1623 First Folio!
Heya everyone!
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon this! 👇
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon this! 👇
August 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Heya everyone!
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon this! 👇
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon this! 👇
Jean-Francois Mercier is my Kryptonite.
August 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Jean-Francois Mercier is my Kryptonite.
Um...me (a few years ago now but this applies, surely!)
August 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Um...me (a few years ago now but this applies, surely!)
Adding a few I don't see too often any more!
August 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Adding a few I don't see too often any more!
On the plus side?
I got this absolutely priceless pic.
So I loves ya, Morrissey, but *gestures below*
I got this absolutely priceless pic.
So I loves ya, Morrissey, but *gestures below*
July 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
On the plus side?
I got this absolutely priceless pic.
So I loves ya, Morrissey, but *gestures below*
I got this absolutely priceless pic.
So I loves ya, Morrissey, but *gestures below*
Heya everyone!
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon this👇
(...explanation forthcoming!)
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon this👇
(...explanation forthcoming!)
July 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Heya everyone!
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon this👇
(...explanation forthcoming!)
I'm back with another rare or interesting glimpse from my personal archives—sometimes it's a scan, sometimes text, or audio or video... and it always involves our lovely David Tennant.
Cast yer peepers upon this👇
(...explanation forthcoming!)
Why, thank you 🥰Even David likes it!
July 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Why, thank you 🥰Even David likes it!
..and these?
July 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
..and these?
How are these?
July 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
How are these?