Twelfth Night: An Introduction
- Synopsis
- Part of a series of educational films intended to serve as an introduction to each play’s theme or atmosphere. Designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same actors play several roles, thus showing how the plays were originally written for a specific company of actors. Includes extracts from Act I Scenes ii and v; Act II iii; Act III i and iv; Act IV i; Act V i.
- Series
- New Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min.
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1970
- Year of production
- 1970
- Availability
- Out of UK Distribution (2005)
- Uses
- Secondary and further education.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- acting; drama in English; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Elizabethan stage; Doubling of roles
Credits
- Director
- Peter Seabourne
- Producer
- John Seabourne
- Writer
- Richard J Need
- Cast
Angela Thorne Anthony Ainley Dudley Jones Gary Raymond Jean Marsh Leonard Sachs Richard Leech Vernon Dobtcheff William Russell
Production Company
- Name
Anvil Films
Archive
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
Distributor
- Name
National Education Video Library
- Contact
- John Lovell
- tryfannevl@aol.com
- Phone
- 01286 676001 or 07768 105467
- Fax
- 01286 676001
- Address
- Arfon House
Bontnewydd
Caernarvon
Gwynned
LL54 7UN - Notes
- Formerly the National Audio Visual (Aids) Library. No longer holds 16mm material. Retains the negatives and copyright to the EFVA material, but have no viewing copies. Video only. (1/97) Alternative address might be Arfon House, Bontnewydd, Caernarvon, Gwynned LL54 7UN Telephone/Fax 01286 676001
Online Retailer
- Name
Phoenix Learning Group
- customerservice@phoenixlearninggroup.com
- Web
- http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 314-569-0211
- Address
- 2439 Chaffeee Drive
Saint Louis
MO 63146-3306
USA
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