Twelfth Night

Synopsis: Radio recording of Peter Hall’s stage production of the play at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Adapted and produced for broadcasting by Peter Dews, starring Dorothy Tutin as Viola, Geraldine McEwan as Olivia and Mark Dignam as Malvolio. With music by Raymond Leppard performed by the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Orchestra (dir. Harold Ingram).
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 19 Dec 1958 at 18:00 (Channel: BBC Third Programme)
Duration: 155 (incl. interval)
Availability: Unknown

Notes: Recorded in the BBC’s Birmingham studios.
History: The press night for the stage performance at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, was 22 April 1958. Broadcast with two 5-minute musical intervals at 6.50 p. m. and 7.55 p.m.
Repeated on 26 December 1958 and 14 January 1959.
Textual information: A written transcript of the production is held at the Birmingham Central Library as part of their Shakespeare Collection.
Reviews: Source: Radio Times, The Times

Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av71647 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)

Dorothy Tutin	Viola (later disguised as Cesario)
Geraldine McEwan	Olivia
Michael Meacham	Orsino, Duke of Illyria
Mark Dignam	Malvolio
Cyril Luckham	Feste
Antony Brown	Captain
Donald Layne-Smith	Priest
Edward de Souza
Eric Holmes
Gordon Souter	Servant of Olivia
Ian Holm	Sebastian
John Davidson
John Grayson	Officer
John Salway
Julian Glover
Kenneth Gilbert	Valentine
Mavis Edwards
Miranda Connell	Maria
Patrick Wymark	Sir Toby Belch
Paul Hardwick	Officer
Paxton Whitehead
Peter Palmer	Fabian
Richard Johnson	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Roger Bizley
Ron Haddrick	Antonio
Roy Dotrice	Officer
Roy Spencer	Curio
Stephen Thorne (2)
William Elmhirst
Zoe Caldwell

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