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

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.

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

Zoë Wanamaker	Viola (later disguised as Cesario)
Sarah Berger	Olivia
Miles Anderson	Orsino, Duke of Illyria
Emrys James	Malvolio
Richard O’Callaghan	Feste
Caroline Harris	Lady in Waiting
Christopher Neame	Antonio
Cyril Nri	Curio
Daniel Massey	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Gemma Jones	Maria
Griffith Jones	Valentine
Jeremy Wilkin	Captain
Jeremy Wilkin	First Officer
John Thaw	Sir Toby Belch
Nigel Cooke	Sebastian
Paul Clayton (2)	Second Officer
Paul Spence	Lord
Peter Lennon	Fourth Officer
Peter Lennon	Sailor
Selena Carey-Jones	Lady in Waiting
Simon Treves	Third Officer/Sailor
Stanley Dawson	Sir Topas
Stanley Page	Fabian
Victoria Wicks	Servant
Victoria Wicks	Lady in Waiting

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