Shakespeare : Twelfth night [DVD] / Shakespeare's Globe ; Globe on Screen presents an Original Practices production of ; by William Shakespeare ; a Shakespeare's Globe production with Sonia Friedman Productions and Shakespeare Road Ltd ; in association with 1001 Nights and Tulchin/Bartner Productions ; directed for the stage by Tim Carroll ; directed for the screen by Ian Russell ; executive producers, Dominic Dromgoole, Robert Marshall ; producer, Eva Koch-Schulte.
Format:
[DVD] /
Publisher:
Kultur,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
2 videodiscs (175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Samuel Barnett, Liam Brennan, Paul Chahidi, John Paul Connolly, Ian Drysdale, Johnny Flynn, Stephen Fry, James Garnon, Peter Hamilton Dyer, Colin Hurley, Roger Lloyd Pack, Mark Rylance, Jethro Skinner, Ben Thompson ; voice, James Oxley. Recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe in 2012. On containter, a cast gallery is listed as a extra feature. The cast gallery does not appear on the discs.
Summary:
In the household of Olivia (Mark Rylance), two campaigns are being quietly waged-one by the lovesick Orsino (Liam Brennan) for the heart of the indifferent Olivia; the other by an alliance of servants and hangers-on against Olivia's steward, the pompous Malvolio (Stephen Fry). When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola (Johnny Flynn) to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet chain of events follows. This all-male production of Twelfth Night, filmed at Shakespeare's Globe using carefully recreated authentic clothing, music, and dance, was deemed "sensational" by the London Telegraph and "a knock out audience success" by the Observer.
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