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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Twelfth night (Television program : 1988)

Title:

Twelfth night, or, What you will / Thames Television presents ; by William Shakespeare ; a Renaissance Theatre production by Kenneth Branagh ; director, Kenneth Branagh ; producer, David Parfitt ; produced & directed for television by Paul Kafno ; executive producer, Ian Martin.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

After a shipwreck, twin siblings Viola and Sebastian wash up on the shores of Illyria. Viola, disguised as a man named Cesario, takes up service with the Duke Orsino, who is madly in love with the Lady Olivia. But Olivia is in mourning over her brother's death, so Orsino sends Cesario over as an emissary of love, except that Olivia falls for Viola!

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Ages 11 and up.

Series:

Thames Shakespeare collection

Thames Shakespeare collection.

Subjects:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Twelfth night -- Television adaptations.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations.

Shipwreck survival -- Drama.

Shipwreck victims -- Drama.

Brothers and sisters -- Drama.

Twins -- Drama.

Mistaken identity -- Drama.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.

Television plays.

Genre:

Comedy films.

Television adaptations.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Television plays.

Other Author:

Branagh, Kenneth, stage director.

Kafno, Paul, television director.

Parfitt, David, 1958- television producer.

Martin, Ian Kennedy, television producer.

Barber, Frances, 1958- actor.

Barker, Tim, actor.

Ravenscroft, Christopher, actor.

Hollis, Christopher, actor.

Gartside, Julian, actor.

Saxon, James, actor.

McKern, Abigail, 1955- actor.

Simmons, James, actor.

Doyle, Patrick, 1953-

Lesser, Anton, actor.

Langrishe, Caroline, actor.

Briers, Richard, actor.

Prendergast, Shaun, actor.

Television adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Twelfth night.

ITV (Firm), broadcaster.

Renaissance Theatre Company, production company.

Thames Television, ltd., production company.

Talkback Thames (Firm)

A & E Home Video (Firm), film distributor.

FremantleMedia, film distributor.

New Video Group, film distributor.

Other Title:

Twelfth night

What you will

12th night

Title on container: Kenneth Branagh directs Shakespeare's Twelfth night

Title on container: Shakespeare's Twelfth night

Notes:

Originally broadcast on television by ITV on 30 December 1988.

Special features: Timeline of William Shakespeare's life and plays ; Inside an Illyrian winter : an interview with director Kenneth Branagh.

Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Design, Bunny Christie ; costume supervisor, Susan Coates ; music composed & conducted by Pat Doyle ; "Come away death" adapted from Paul McCartney's "Once upon a long ago" ; casting executive, Elizabeth Sadler ; costume designer, Lyn Harvey ; make-up designer, Angela Seyfang ; graphic designer, Ruth Bribram ; senior cameraman, Chas Watts ; videotape editor, Richard Halladey ; designer, Robert Ide.

Frances Barber (Viola), Tim Barker (Sea captain, Antonio), Christopher Ravenscroft (Orsino), Christopher Hollis (Curio, Sebastian), Julian Gartside (Valentine), James Saxon (Sir Toby Belch), Abigail McKern (Maria), James Simmons (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Anton Lesser (Feste), Caroline Langrishe (Olivia), Richard Briers (Malvolia), Tim Barker (Antonio), Christopher Hollis (Sebastian), Shaun Prendergast (Fabian).

DVD; region 1; NTSC; aspect ratio: 1.33:1; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

ISBN:

0767083407

9780767083409

* 0767090306

* 9780767090308

Publisher Number:

AAE-72897

Other Number:

61166457

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

161409

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD TV Twelfth