Twelfth Night
- Synopsis
- Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1983 production of Twelfth Night. Directed by John Caird with Zoe Wanamaker as Viola and John Thaw as Sir Toby Belch.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 5 Jan 1984
- Duration
- 180 mins
Credits
- Director
- John Caird
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Ilona Sekacz
- Production Design
- Robin Don
- Costume
- Alix Stone
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Elizabethan
- Plays
- Twelfth Night
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- Press night 20 April 1983.
- 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
- James Fenton, The Sunday Times (3 April 1983). Roger Warren, Shakespeare Quarterly 34 (1983), pp451-60 (review article). Wanamaker, Zoe ‘Viola in Twelfth Night’ in In Players of Shakespeare 2, edited by Russell Jackson. Zoe Wanamaker talks about her conception of, and preparation for, the role of Viola in Caird’s production.
Production Company
- Name
Royal Shakespeare Company
- Web
- https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Address
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av38079 (Accessed 13 Dec 2024)