When I'd gone to see a local Adirondack mountain theatre company do "The Real Inspector Hound," and "Black Comedy" back to back, back in september, little did I know that I was seeing the results of something isnpired by the very play David Tennant had done.
In the programme, the director mentions that he took his inspiration for doing these two works, directly from Gregory Doran's lead. At the time I read it, I was vaugely aware that this was the same director who was working with Tennant, Patrick Stewart and the rest of the cast of Hamlet, as well as directing Tennant in Loves Labour's Lost.
However, until tonight, I never realized that Tennant himself was in the very play which inspired the production which was put on, in this little backwater city in northern New York state. Small world, ey? Not that knowing that, would have changed anything in regards as to how I viewed the play--tho', I suppose, in hindsight, had I known, I might have found myself trying to picture Tennant in one of the roles (because it's just so enthralling to see him dive into his characters), onstage, and that would have been pretty bad, as it would have taken my focus away from the story and the actors--who were all wonderful, by the way.
I was so overjoyed at being in a theater again, you have no idea. I hadn't been to a play--or any sort of performance, in about five years, so yes, it was a genuine joy, for me. And a great coupling of the two plays--Gregory Doran knew what he was about, I do have to agree with that.
