Twelfth Night

Synopsis: Tim Supple’s production of Twelfth Night made for broadcast on schools’ television. The setting is contemporary with Viola and Sebastian presented as asylum seekers on their arrival in Illyria. With Parminder Nagra as Viola, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Orsino and Michael Maloney as Malvolio.
Series: English Programme, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2003
Transmission details: 5 May 2003 at 18:55 (Channel: Channel Four)
Duration: 125 mins
Availability: Out of distribution

Writer

Andrew Bannerman

Music

Nitin Sawhney

Production Design

Tom Pye

Costume

Jemima Cotter

Art Direction

Nick Gottschalk

Cast

Production type: Television and Radio Drama
Historical period: Contemporary
Plays: Twelfth Night
Subjects: English language and literature; Media studies
Keywords: schools; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Television drama; Multicultural casting

Notes: The DVD, released 2005, available region 1 only with Michael Bogdanov’s MACBETH.
Documentation: Free online notes and video clips at www.channel4.com/secondary
Reviews: Review by the National Association for the Teaching of English available at http://www.nate.org.uk/reviews/532.htmk.

Modenessi, Alfredo Michel, ‘This Uncivil and Unjust Extent Against Thy Peace’ : Tim Supple’s Twelfth Night, or What Violence Will ' in Shakespeare Survey 61: Shakespeare, Sound and Screen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). p. 91-103.

Name: 4 Learning
Notes: Channel 4 Learning has now closed. This used to be the educational broadcasting arm of Channel 4. The online shop sold educational DVDs and CD-ROMs for use in primary and secondary schools.

Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av35094 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)

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