Twelfth Night

Synopsis
Video recording using three cameras (mixed recording) of a performance of a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Twelfth Night at the Barbican Theatre, London, on 26 August 1995. Directed by Ian Judge with Desmond Barrit as Malvolio and Emma Fielding as Viola.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
26 Aug 1995
Duration
160 mins

Credits

Director
Ian Judge
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Nigel Hess
Production Design
John Gunter
Cast
Emma FieldingViola (later disguised as Cesario)
Haydn GwynneOlivia
Clive WoodOrsino, Duke of Illyria
Desmond BarritMalvolio
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 a single camera by the Royal Shakespeare Company 22 July 1994 (170 mins). 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).

Archive

Name

V&A Theatre & Performance Collections: National Video Archive of Performance

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How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/22232 (Accessed 06 Oct 2024)