Twelfth Night (2003)

Synopsis

Tim Supple’s production of Twelfth Night made for broadcast on schools’ television. The setting is contemporary with Viola and Sebastian presented as asylum seekers on their arrival in Illyria. With Parminder Nagra as Viola, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Orsino and Michael Maloney as Malvolio.

Series

English Programme, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2003

Year of production

2003

Availability

Out of distribution

Notes

The DVD, released 2005, available region 1 only with Michael Bogdanov’s MACBETH.

Documentation

Free online notes and video clips at www.channel4.com/secondary

Subjects

English language and literature; Media studies

Keywords

schools; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Television drama; Multicultural casting

Online availability

URI

http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/

Price

academic subscription

Delivery

Download

Credits

Writer

Andrew Bannerman

Music

Nitin Sawhney

Production Design

Tom Pye

Costume

Jemima Cotter

Art Direction

Nick Gottschalk

Cast

Andrew Kazamaia
Burt Caesar
Claire Price
David Troughton
Ewart James Walters
Faz Singhateh
Maureen Bieltie
Pete Shenton
Richard Bremmer
Ronny Jhulti
Tom Roden
Vic Tablian
Vincenzo Nicoli
Zubin Varla

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£28.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

104 minutes

Year

2010

Sponsor

Name

4 Learning

Notes

Channel 4 Learning has now closed. This used to be the educational broadcasting arm of Channel 4. The online shop sold educational DVDs and CD-ROMs for use in primary and secondary schools.

Distributor

Name

amazon.com

Web

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