Twelfth Night: The Play Itself
- Synopsis
- Television schools production. The play was broadcast in the schools slot following the eight-part series TWELFTH NIGHT (21/01/1959-11/03/1959) which discussed various aspects of the play with performances of some scenes. This full-length production has a different cast in the large majority of the roles.
- Series
- For Schools
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Transmission details
- 18 Mar 1959 at 14:43 (Channel: ITV)
- Duration
- 73 mins
Credits
- Director
- Roger Jenkins
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Desmond Dupre
- Production Design
- Bernard Goodwin
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Twelfth Night
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- schools; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- A recording of this was re-discovered in the Library of Congress and returned to the British Film Institute in 2010.
- History
- First US broadcast 31 January 1964 by WNDT, New York City (NET) in the Festival of the Arts series.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night: The Play Itself". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37121 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)