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Twelfth night / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Cedric Messina; directed by John Gorrie.
LIBRA DVD 011 286
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. 2000. Ambrose Video Works.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. BBC TV Shakespeare (London, England)
- Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare
- Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Comedy
- Shakespeare plays
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Television comedies.
- Television adaptations.
- Television series.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Ambrose Video, [2000 or 2001]
- System Details:
- DVD; digitally remastered; picture and sound enhanced.
- System requirements for downloadable script: PC of Mac with Microsoft Word; DVD-ROM drive.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- 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.
- Participant:
- 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).
- Credits:
- Music, Joseph Horovitz; literary consultant, Dr. John Wilders.
- Notes:
- Reissue of a version released by Time-Life Video in 1979; originally broadcast by the BBC in 1979 as one of the Shakespeare plays.
- Texts for original series bear title BBC TV Shakespeare.
- OCLC:
- 46358859
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