Twelfth Night

Synopsis: A video recording of the Shakespeare Globe Theatre’s all-male production of Twelfth Night directed by Tim Carroll and with Mark Rylance as Olivia.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2002

Notes: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre makes several recordings of a single production, using three fixed cameras, to enable practitioners and researchers to observe how the play has developed during the run.
For a detailed account of the rehearsal process and actors’ comments on their interpretation of roles (including Mark Rylance) visit http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/globelink/frameset.htm
General: To celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of the first recorded performance of Twelfth Night at Middle Temple Hall in the City of London on 2 February 1602 a short run of performances were performed there with some cast changes. The production toured the United States in 2003.
History: The production ran 6 May-28 September 2002 (press night May 22) in the Cupid & Psyche Season.
Awards: Jenny Tiramani won an Olivier Award for Best Costume Design for this production.
Reviews: Ben Brantley, ‘Boys Will Be Girls in Pure Shakespeare’ The New York Times, August 29, 2002.

Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av37943 (Accessed 27 Dec 2024)

Michael Brown	Viola (later disguised as Cesario)
Mark Rylance	Olivia
Liam Brennan	Orsino, Duke of Illyria
Timothy Walker	Malvolio
Peter Hamilton Dyer	Feste
Albie Woodington	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Bill Stewart	Sir Toby Belch
James Garnon	Captain
James Garnon	Fabian
Patrick Brennan	Antonio
Peter Shorey	Maria
Rhys Meredith	Sebastian
Richard Glaves	Curio
Richard Glaves	First Officer

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