August 27, 2012

David Tennant performed Blue as a monologue, Blue was a film first, the performance given November 16, 1997 and was the first staged reading of the piece. Click here for the complete text of the work.

Independent - David Benedict - November 8, 1997


"More recently, she (Vanessa) and Corin (Redgrave) have been grappling with theatrical issues via Moving Theatre . Vanessa has unearthed an unperformed Tennessee Williams play which predates The Glass Menagerie and will be performed at the National next year. Meantime, we have their season of prestigious Sunday night performances at the more intimate Chelsea Centre Theatre .

There's more sexual politics when Corin directs the stage premiere of Derek Jarman's Blue (16 Nov) . . . Now you know what to do to fight off the Monday morning blues."

The Moving Theatre Company was founded by Corin Redgrave, his wife Kika Marham and his sister Vanessa Redgrave in 1993.

David has appeared on stage with Corin in the RSC production of The General From America in 1996 and they were both involved in the 2006 50th anniversary celebration of the first performance of Look Back in Anger.