Twelfth night
Twelfth night [dvd] /
by William Shakespeare ; a BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life Television.
- London : BBC, c2005.
- 1 dvd (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- BBC Shakespeare .
- Shakespeare collection .
DVD release of the play originally transmitted 6 January 1980.
Credits: producer, Cedric Messina; director, John Gorrie; music, Joseph Horovitz; literary consultant, Dr. John Wilders. Credits: producer, Cedric Messina; director, John Gorrie; music, Joseph Horovitz; literary consultant, Dr. John Wilders.
Cast: Alec McCowen (Malvolio), Robert Hardy (Sir Toby Belch), Felicity Kendal (Viola), Annette Crosby (Maria), Sinead Cusack (Olivia), Trevor Peacock (Feste), Clive Arrindell (Orsino), Ronnie Stevens (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Michael Thomas (Sebastian).
Twins Sebastian and Viola are separated after a shipwreck and believe each other dead. Viola disguises herself as a page boy, Cesario, to work for Duke Orsino and falls in love with him, but he loves Olivia, who falls in love with Cesario. Seeing Sebastian one day, she mistakes him for Cesario and marries him. The confusion is cleared up when Viola and Sebastian meet again, and the Duke marries Viola. The subplot concerns the efforts of Sir Toby and Andrew to humble the presumptuous Malvolio.
UK cert. U.
DVD regions 2, 4. PAL.
BBCDVD1767-35 BBC
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Television adaptations.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
DVD: TWEL
DVD release of the play originally transmitted 6 January 1980.
Credits: producer, Cedric Messina; director, John Gorrie; music, Joseph Horovitz; literary consultant, Dr. John Wilders. Credits: producer, Cedric Messina; director, John Gorrie; music, Joseph Horovitz; literary consultant, Dr. John Wilders.
Cast: Alec McCowen (Malvolio), Robert Hardy (Sir Toby Belch), Felicity Kendal (Viola), Annette Crosby (Maria), Sinead Cusack (Olivia), Trevor Peacock (Feste), Clive Arrindell (Orsino), Ronnie Stevens (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Michael Thomas (Sebastian).
Twins Sebastian and Viola are separated after a shipwreck and believe each other dead. Viola disguises herself as a page boy, Cesario, to work for Duke Orsino and falls in love with him, but he loves Olivia, who falls in love with Cesario. Seeing Sebastian one day, she mistakes him for Cesario and marries him. The confusion is cleared up when Viola and Sebastian meet again, and the Duke marries Viola. The subplot concerns the efforts of Sir Toby and Andrew to humble the presumptuous Malvolio.
UK cert. U.
DVD regions 2, 4. PAL.
BBCDVD1767-35 BBC
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Television adaptations.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
DVD: TWEL