Sam Brigger

And the audience is sort of around the stage. And I noticed watching the film of it that all the audience members were wearing headphones. Why was that?

And the audience is sort of around the stage. And I noticed watching the film of it that all the audience members were wearing headphones. Why was that?

And the audience is sort of around the stage. And I noticed watching the film of it that all the audience members were wearing headphones. Why was that?

Let's hear what one of those soliloquies sounds like. This is the famous tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow soliloquy from the end of the play. And you have just discovered that Lady Macbeth has been killed.

Let's hear what one of those soliloquies sounds like. This is the famous tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow soliloquy from the end of the play. And you have just discovered that Lady Macbeth has been killed.

Let's hear what one of those soliloquies sounds like. This is the famous tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow soliloquy from the end of the play. And you have just discovered that Lady Macbeth has been killed.

signify nothing okay so that's from the film version of Macbeth um so you know I'm wearing headphones now so I feel like I'm sort of experiencing what that would have been like for the audience because you are really whispering and I guess I was wondering like if you were doing that in a more traditional theater sense and you had to project to the cheap seats like how do you approach that same speech in those sort of two different scenarios

signify nothing okay so that's from the film version of Macbeth um so you know I'm wearing headphones now so I feel like I'm sort of experiencing what that would have been like for the audience because you are really whispering and I guess I was wondering like if you were doing that in a more traditional theater sense and you had to project to the cheap seats like how do you approach that same speech in those sort of two different scenarios

signify nothing okay so that's from the film version of Macbeth um so you know I'm wearing headphones now so I feel like I'm sort of experiencing what that would have been like for the audience because you are really whispering and I guess I was wondering like if you were doing that in a more traditional theater sense and you had to project to the cheap seats like how do you approach that same speech in those sort of two different scenarios

And how many times did you do the play? Oh, 150 or something. So every time it feels different?

And how many times did you do the play? Oh, 150 or something. So every time it feels different?

And how many times did you do the play? Oh, 150 or something. So every time it feels different?

Our guest is David Tennant. He'll be back after a short break. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air.

Our guest is David Tennant. He'll be back after a short break. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air.

Our guest is David Tennant. He'll be back after a short break. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air.

So, David, you grew up outside of Glasgow in Paisley. Your father was a Presbyterian minister. So do you remember your father's sermons? Were they fiery or more contemplative?

So, David, you grew up outside of Glasgow in Paisley. Your father was a Presbyterian minister. So do you remember your father's sermons? Were they fiery or more contemplative?

So, David, you grew up outside of Glasgow in Paisley. Your father was a Presbyterian minister. So do you remember your father's sermons? Were they fiery or more contemplative?

But he was a good preacher, yeah. Well, he must have been because for a year, he served as the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is basically like the highest position in the church.

But he was a good preacher, yeah. Well, he must have been because for a year, he served as the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is basically like the highest position in the church.