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The Story of How David Received his Copy
On 12 January 2015 David was supposed to be the host in a live broadcast at Absolute Radio. I went to London, having taken three copies of the book – for Gregory Doran, RSC’s archives, and, naturally, Mr. Tennant. I was going to pass Davis his copy after the programme, while the other two were arranged to be left in RSC London office.
David was so kind as to spare a minute after the live broadcast to sign autographs, and that was when he was handed his copy of the book.
He stared at the book cover in round-eyed wonder, literally, and a sincere “Oh my goodness!...” slipped out. “From Russia??” he asked again in amazement, as if he found it hard to believe it had been made in Russia. David asked: “Is it for ME? Or do you want me to sign it?” A passer-by was lucky to shoot a photo at the exact moment I was handing the book. Besides, there’s a video recording of that moment made by Helen, David’s longtime fan…
However, it was not the end of the story. On 15 February the 15th ceremony of What’s On Stage Awards was held in London, and I attended. David Tennant had been nominated for Best Actor for his part in “Richard II”, and Gregory Doran – for Best Direction for the same production. As you’ll know, David won. And I was exceptionally lucky to have a chat with Gregory and David before the start of the show. Gregory called the book ‘extraordinary’, and David’s epithet was ‘excellent’. This is the best reward we could hope to receive. Even better than an Oscar :)
