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Twelfth Night

Synopsis
Video recording using a single, fixed camera, of Ian Judge’s 1995 production of Twelfth Night with Desmond Barrit as Malvolio and Emma Fielding as Viola.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Duration
170 mins

Credits

Music
Nigel Hess
Production Design
John Gunter
Cast
Emma FieldingViola (later disguised as Cesario)
Haydn GwynneOlivia
Clive WoodOrsino, Duke of Illyria
Derek GriffithsFeste
Bille BrownSir Andrew Aguecheek
Glenn HugillValentine
Gwynn BeechCurio
James BarriscalePriest
Joanna McCallumMaria
Robert BowmanSebastian
Robert GillespieFabian
Steven ElliottAntonio
Tony BrittonSir Toby Belch

Additional Details

Theatre
Barbican Theatre
Theatre company
Royal Shakespeare Company
Production type
Stage Recordings
Historical period
Elizabethan
Plays
Twelfth Night
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
The production was also recorded on three cameras by the National Video Archive of Performance on 26 August 1995. This production is catalogued separately.
History
Press night (Royal Shakespeare Theatre) 10 May 1994.
Stills
Stills from, and design notes on, the production are available on the Arts and Humanities Performing Arts Data Service (AHDS) at http://ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm
Reviews
Miller, Hal, Shakespeare Bulletin no. 1 (1997), pp17-19. (review article).

Production Company

Name

Royal Shakespeare Company

Web
https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

Archive

Name

Shakespeare Birthplace Collections

Email
collections@shakespeare.org.uk
Web
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
Address
Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW

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