Twelfth Night
- Synopsis
- US television production of the play adapted for television by William Nicholls. Rosemary Harris is Viola and Maurice Evans is Malvolio.
- Series
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 15 Dec 1957 at 18:30 (Channel: NBC)
- Duration
- 95 mins
Credits
- Director
- David Greene
- Producer
- Robert Hartung
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Lehman Engel
- Art Direction
- Rouben Ter-Arutunian
- Adaptor for Television
- William Nicols
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Twelfth Night
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The UCLA copy is b&w reproduced from 16mm kinescope. The Paley Center for Media notes their copy is ‘out of sync’ throughout.
- Figures
- Audience 8,650,000
- Reviews
- Jack Gould New York Times (16 December 1957). Gould believed the awkward camerawork hampered all the actors, save Rosemary Harris as Viola.`...a delicate illusion is not always enhanced by microscopic scrutiny of how it is created’.
Production Company
- Name
NBC
Sponsor
- Name
Hallmark Cards
Archive
- Name
Paley Center for Media
- Web
- http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (212) 621-6600
- Address
- 25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA - Notes
- Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.
- Name
UCLA Film & Television Archive
- arsc@ucla.edu
- Web
- http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/databases.html External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (310) 206 5388
- Fax
- (310) 206 5392
- Address
- Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36788 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)