Learning on ScreenOrson Welles’ Twelfth Night
- Alternative title
- Twelfth Night
- Synopsis
- A Mercury Text Record, a series designed to contribute to the developing interest in audiovisual media in teaching Shakespeare. Welles wrote and recorded a prologue to the play which is a conversation between Richard Burbage (Welles) and Shakespeare (George Colouris) about the imagined origins of the play. Welles adds an epilogue and includes comments from critics and playgoers including Jack Manningham and George Brandes. The printed transcript of the play (revised Harper edition) contained over 50 footnotes by Welles.
The CD is packaged with extracts from Julius Caesar and Fun With Mr Shakespeare with George Coulouris and Romney Brent. the scenes from Twelfth Night are II i, II ii, II iii, III i, III ii, IV i, IV ii, V i. Epilogue. - Series
- Mercury Text Records
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Audio
- Year of release
- 1939
- Duration
- 73 (total)
Credits
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Contributor
- Orson Welles
- Cast
Orson Welles Malvolio Eustace Wyatt Sir Toby Belch George Coulouris William Shakespeare Orson Welles Richard Burbage Will Geer Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- Mercury Theatre Company
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Twelfth Night
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Released on CD by Pearl November 1998.
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Pavilion Records
- pearl@pavilionrecords.com
- Web
- http://www. pavilionrecords.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (01189) 278 3591
- Fax
- +44 (01189) 278 4156
- Address
- Sparrows Green
Wadhurst
East Sussex
TN5 6SJ
UK
- Name
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