Twelfth Night (1996)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Imogen Stubbs	...	Viola
	Steven Mackintosh	...	Sebastian
	Nicholas Farrell	...	Antonio
	Sidney Livingstone	...	Captain (as Sid Livingstone)
	Ben Kingsley	...	Feste
	James Walker	...	Priest
	Helena Bonham Carter	...	Olivia
	Nigel Hawthorne	...	Malvolio
	Mel Smith	...	Sir Toby Belch
	Imelda Staunton	...	Maria
	Toby Stephens	...	Duke Orsino
	Alan Mitchell	...	Valentine
	Peter Gunn	...	Fabian
	Richard E. Grant	...	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
	Tim Bentinck	...	First Officer

Storyline

Brother and sister Viola and Sebastian, who are not only very close but look a great deal alike, are in a shipwreck, and both think the other dead. When she lands in a foreign country, Viola dresses as her brother and adopts the name Cesario, becoming a trusted friend and confidante to the Count Orsino. Orsino is madly in love with the lady Olivia, who is in mourning due to her brother's recent death, which she uses as an excuse to avoid seeing the count, whom she does not love. He sends Cesario to do his wooing, and Olivia falls in love with the disguised maiden. Things get more complicated in this bittersweet Shakespeare comedy when a moronic nobleman, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and a self-important servant, Malvolio, get caught up in the schemes of Olivia's cousin, the obese, alcoholic Sir Toby, who leads each to believe Olivia loves him. As well, Sebastian surfaces in the area, and of course there is Feste... Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>  

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