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Twelfth Night

Synopsis
The twenty-third in a weekly live stream project by Rob Myles to present all of Shakespeare’s plays in the order in which it is thought they were originally written. Using the Zoom video conferencing platform, it brings together many actors currently unable to travel and perform due to the Coronavirus crisis. The performance is introduced by actor-director- playwright Beth Burns, who thinks of the play as a love letter to life.

Cast:
VIOLA - Lydia Bakelmun
OLIVIA - Comfort Fabian
ORSINO - Michael Perez
SIR TOBY - Jeffrey Weissman
FESTE - Carys McQueen
MALVOLIO - Fiona Tong
ANTONIO - Liam Alexandru
SEBASTIAN - Clive Keene
SIR ANDREW - Lewis Allcock
FABIAN - Chi-Chi Onuah
MARIA - Julie Baber
ENSEMBLE - Christine Atieno
ENSEMBLE - John D. Huston
SWING - Henry Charnock
SWING - Larissa Oates
Series
Show Must Go Online, The
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Multimedia; Video
Transmission details
19 Aug 2020
Duration
210 mins

Credits

Director
Robert Myles
Producer
Sarah Peachey

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Twelfth Night
Subjects
Drama; Shakespeare

Notes

General
A project by actor and writer Robert Myles to present ‘weekly readings of the Complete Plays of Shakespeare by a global cast, in the order they were believed to have been written.' For more details, visit the peroject homepage at: https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/

Online Availability

Online URL
https://youtu.be/4m9oONcXWvQ
Online format
Streamed

Sponsor

Name

Robert Myles

Web
https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/ External site opens in new window

Distributor

Name

YouTube

Web
http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window

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