From The Archive: David Tennant's 'Tuesdays & Sundays'
...we revisit a deeply affecting 2003 audio treasure
Hello, fellow David Tennant fans!
I’m back today with the second installment in a feature I call From The Archive, where I (re)introduce you to some of my earliest posts - the ones you might not have seen, since they’ve been buried at the bottom of my archive.
In my first post in this vein, we took another look at a strange little short film called One-Eyed Jacques. If you weren’t around to read it the first time, you should! Click below:
Well, today’s our second visit to my archives!
If you haven’t heard or read anything about Tuesdays & Sundays, I cannot emphasize enough how much you’re missing out on an incredible listen. This audio is one of my absolute favorites from David - and believe me, given his extensive CV in the audio format, that’s saying a lot!
I’ve listened to it countless times, and it continues to hit me right in the feels.
Written by Canadians Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn back in 1999 or so and first adapted for the stage and then for Canada’s CBC Radio, it’s a remarkable tale about first love based on the true story of a series of events between a young couple in 1887.
Do yourself a favor, and go read the article. You’ll learn a lot about the origin of the play, and you know…you might even find a link to the audio drama in that article so you can listen to it yourself….
David Tennant Audios: 'Tuesdays & Sundays' (2003) is an Audio Gem
As you all know by now, surely, I’m a David Tennant theatre buff, but right now I want to explore my other major passion with regards to his work: his audios. He’s done a bewildering amount of audio work and a lot of it is really, really good. With that in mind, I’m going to concentrate on one of my absolute favorite David Tennant audio works: a 2003 au…
(And hey, when you’ve finished enjoying the read, do me a favor and come on back here to leave me a message/comment below about what YOU think about the play!)
Enjoy!
I was NOT expecting that ending…my jaw actually dropped and I had to take a second to process it!
Catching up. THANK YOU for sharing that gem.....wow.... a lot of emotion in that play. Excellent.