Twelfth Night
- Synopsis
- Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1987 production of Twelfth Night. Directed by Bill Alexander with Harriet Walter as Viola and Antony Sher as Malvolio.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 14 Jul 1987
- Duration
- 170 mins
Credits
- Director
- Bill Alexander
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Production Design
- Deirdre Clancy
- Costume
- Kit Surrey
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- 17th Century
- Plays
- Twelfth Night
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Another master was recorded 14 July 1987 (Understudy copy) and a recording made at the Barbican 24 May 1988.
- History
- Press night 7 July 1987
- 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
- Alexander, Bill ‘Why shall we make him mad indeed’ - Directing the ‘Dark Room’ scene (Act IV, sc. 2)' in Cookson, Linda & Loughrey, Bryan Critical Essays on ‘Twelfth Night’ (Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1990), pp83-90. Bill Alexander talks about directing the scene in his 1987 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/av38125 (Accessed 05 Dec 2024)