The BBC Radio Drama newsletter which was issued today says that David Tennant is recording a new Stephen Wakelam play this week.
It is called Waiting For The Boatman and will be broadcast in the Afternoon Play slot on BBC Radio Four sometime in the first half of 2012 according to Stephen’s website.
The play is about the events surrounding the death of the painter Caravaggio in 1610.
Many thanks to Tiffany McQuay for the news.
A post on Tumblr gives the additional information:
"This week David Tennant and Anton Lesser are in studio recording Stephen Wakelam’s Afternoon Drama, Waiting for the Boatman. We travel to Naples in 1610 with the painter Mario Minniti as our guide. Minniti has recently received a desperate letter from his old mentor Caravaggio, urging him to come to his rescue. The great artist has been attacked and fears for his life. But now, with Minniti in Naples, he is nowhere to be found. As we continue the search, the story of Caravaggio’s fateful final days is revealed. The director is Sasha Yevtushenko."
