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Twelfth Night

Synopsis
US television production of the play adapted for television by William Nicholls. Rosemary Harris is Viola and Maurice Evans is Malvolio.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
15 Dec 1957 at 18:30 (Channel: NBC)
Duration
95 mins

Credits

Director
David Greene
Producer
Robert Hartung
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Lehman Engel
Art Direction
Rouben Ter-Arutunian
Adaptor for Television
William Nicols
Cast
Rosemary HarrisViola (later disguised as Cesario)
Frances HylandOlivia
Lloyd BochnerOrsino, Duke of Illyria
Maurice EvansMalvolio
Howard MorrisFeste
Alice GhostleyMaria
Denholm ElliottSebastian
Dennis KingSir Toby Belch
George TurnerPriest
Gregory MortonAntonio
Max AdrianSir Andrew Aguecheek
William CottrellCaptain

Additional Details

Production type
Television and Radio Drama
Plays
Twelfth Night
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
The UCLA copy is b&w reproduced from 16mm kinescope. The Paley Center for Media notes their copy is ‘out of sync’ throughout.
Figures
Audience 8,650,000
Reviews
Jack Gould New York Times (16 December 1957). Gould believed the awkward camerawork hampered all the actors, save Rosemary Harris as Viola.`...a delicate illusion is not always enhanced by microscopic scrutiny of how it is created’.

Production Company

Name

Milberg Productions

Name

NBC

Sponsor

Name

Hallmark Cards

Archive

Name

Paley Center for Media

Web
http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window
Phone
(212) 621-6600
Address
25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA
Notes
Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.
Name

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Email
arsc@ucla.edu
Web
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/databases.html External site opens in new window
Phone
(310) 206 5388
Fax
(310) 206 5392
Address
Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA

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