Bibliograph

William Shakespeare Twelfth night

Type

Label

William Shakespeare Twelfth night

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not Rated

Main title

Twelfth nightWilliam Shakespeare Twelfth night

Medium

videorecording DVD

Responsibility statement

Globe On Screen presents an original practices production ; [written] by William Shakespeare. Stage director, Tim Carroll ; designer, Jenny Tiramani ; composer, Claire van Kampen ; choreographer, Siân Williams ; musical director, Adrian Woodward ; directed for the screen by Ian Russell ; producer, Eva Koch-Schulte ; senior cameraman, Chris Goor ; editor, Steve Eveleigh

Runtime

175

Summary

"One of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies, Twelfth Night was 'blissfully reborn' (The Daily Telegraph) for the 2012/13 season at London's Globe Theatre, under the direction of Tim Carroll. The hilarious tale of misdirection and deception is performed here by an all-male cast, as it would have been in Shakespeare's day, with Mark Rylance playing Olivia and Roger Lloyd Pack as the hapless Sir Andrew Aguecheek. The production also marks Stephen Fry's triumphant return to the stage as the pompous Malvolio, ridiculous in his yellow stockings"--Container

Technique

live action

Contributor