"Nigel Lindsay will be taking no chances Wednesday when the Royal Shakespeare Company’s sellout production of Richard II is beamed live into 58 Canadian cinemas and to hundreds of others around the world.
That’s because, like many in his profession, Lindsay is a superstitious man.
So when he arrives in his dressing room at Stratford-on-Avon, Lindsay will take extra care in costuming himself for the first of his big dramatic confrontations with old acting chum David Tennant, who plays Richard.
Lindsay will follow a long-standing ritual involving footwear.
He will put his left sock and shoe on first.
That, he hopes, will keep him safe and secure when he arrives on stage to confront not only a capacity audience but six strategically located cameras ready to capture every nuance of his performance for theatre buffs thousands of miles away.
“It’s my first time doing something like this and I have to tell you that I’m extremely apprehensive,” says Lindsay, who has the pivotal role of Henry Bolingbroke, the ruthless nobleman who topples the weak, vacillating Richard from the throne of England, conspires in his sovereign’s murder and makes himself king."
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| Nigel as Bolingbrook pictured here with David |
“I’ve worked with David four times, three times on stage, and he’s a wonderful actor. On stage with someone like him, you know that nothing can go wrong.”
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