Twelfth Night

Synopsis: Live sound recording of John Barton’s Twelfth Night for the RSC with Judi Dench as Viola and Donald Sinden as Malvolio.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Recording date: 22 Feb 1971

Notes: An extract from the recording from Act II v ``Tis but fortune...thou wilt have me’ is accessible electronically onsite at the British Library Sound Archive.
History: Press Night 21 August 1969, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Reviews: Donald Sinden gives a detailed analysis of how he approached and performed the role of Malvolio in Players of Shakespeare 1: Essays in Shakespearean Performance edited by Philip Brockbank (Cambridge: CUP, 1988), pp. 41-60.

Judi Dench	Viola (later disguised as Cesario)
Lisa Harrow	Olivia
Richard Pasco	Orsino, Duke of Illyria
Donald Sinden	Malvolio
Emrys James	Feste
Adrian Harman	Guitar player
Alton Kumalo	Fabian
Anthony Pedley	First Officer
Christopher Biggins	Second Officer
David Dundas	Valentine
Elizabeth Spriggs	Maria
Gordon Reid	Sebastian
Jeffery Dench	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
John Berwyn	Sailor 2
Leonard Fenton	Captain
Michael Shannon	Sir Topaz
Miles Anderson	Servant
Morgan Sheppard	Antonio
Peter Messaline	Sailor 1
Roger Rees	Curio
Tony Church	Sir Toby Belch

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