Twelfth Night (1980) (TV)

Director:

John Gorrie

Writer:

William Shakespeare (play)

Release Date:

6 January 1980 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she...

Plot Keywords:

William Shakespeare | Shakespeare's Twelfth Night | Shakespeare | Based On Play | Number In Title

Cast

Alec McCowen	...	Malvolio
Robert Hardy	...	Sir Toby Belch
Felicity Kendal	...	Viola
Annette Crosbie	...	Maria
Sinéad Cusack	...	Olivia
Trevor Peacock	...	Feste
Clive Arrindell	...	Orsino
Ronnie Stevens	...	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Robert Lindsay	...	Fabian
Maurice Roëves	...	Antonio
Michael Thomas	...	Sebastian
Malcolm Reynold	...	Valentine
Ryan Michael	...	Curio
Ric Morgan	...	Sea Captain
Arthur Hewlett	...	Priest

Also Known As:

The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

USA:128 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:G

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Version of Twelfth Night (1937) (TV)

Stump the Critic - "Darned Near Perfect"

Generally, this space gets lists of good points, lists of bad points, a few irrelevant personal details, and if we're lucky, the reviewer's pet's reaction.

Well, this video is as close to perfect as you could hope for. A strong cast without a weak link, excellent pacing, gratifying visual design.... What am I going to complain about?

Um...Sir Andrew Aguecheek didn't have to go up into falsetto quite so often.

Ah...the sound engineers had trouble keeping up with the shouts and murmurs; perhaps if they had lowered the shouts and raised the murmurs....

Oh, just go ahead and watch it. It doesn't get any better than this.