Rent Twelfth Night (1970)
3.6 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 40min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
One of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies, 'Twelfth Night' skillfully weaves a story of deception, disguise and frustrated love amid the festivities of an ancient tradition: the Christmas holiday when, for one night, life is turned upside down and mischief reigns; men dress as women, servants dress as their masters, and authority is usurped. Heading an illustrious cast are two giants of the stage and screen: Alec Guinness is the pompous and puritanical steward, Malvolio, and Ralph Richardson plays Sir Toby Belch, whose drunken prank deftly exposes Malvolio's vanity and hypocrisy and lies at the heart of the play's subplot. Tommy Steele is the wise fool, Feste; renowned Shakespearean actress Joan Plowright plays Viola, the shipwrecked young noblewoman posing as a page ('Cesario') in the service of Duke Orsino. - Actors:
- Alec Guinness, Tommy Steele, Ralph Richardson, Joan Plowright, Gary Raymond, Adrienne Corri, John Moffatt, Sheila Reid, Riggs O'Hara, Paul Curran, Richard Leech, John Byron, Christopher Timothy, Kurt Christian, Gerald Moon, Edward Arthur, Graham Betney, Madge Brindley, David Charkham, David Courtland
- Directors:
- John Sichel
- Producers:
- John Dexter
- Writers:
- William Shakespeare
- Aka:
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre: Twelfth Night
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Performing Arts
