Twelfth Night 

After a shipwreck, believing her brother has been killed, Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario and becomes a courtier to Orsino, who sends her to deliver a message of his love to Olivia, but she falls for the messenger instead.

Director:

John Sichel

Writer:

William Shakespeare (by)

Stars:

Alec Guinness, Tommy Steele, Ralph Richardson

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Alec Guinness	...	Malvolio
Tommy Steele	...	Feste
Ralph Richardson	...	Sir Toby Belch
Joan Plowright	...	Viola - Sebastian
Gary Raymond	...	Orsino
Adrienne Corri	...	Olivia
John Moffatt	...	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Sheila Reid	...	Maria
Riggs O'Hara	...	Fabian
Paul Curran	...	Sea Captain
Richard Leech	...	Antonio
John Byron	...	Priest
Christopher Timothy	...	Valentine
Kurt Christian	...	Curio
Gerald Moon	...	Gardener's Boy

Storyline

After a shipwreck, believing her brother has been killed, Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario and becomes a courtier to Orsino, who sends her to deliver a message of his love to Olivia, but she falls for the messenger instead.

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Plot Keywords:

shakespeare's twelfth night | based on play | number in title | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 July 1970 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Associated Television (ATV), Incorporated Television Company (ITC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

Opening credits title is John Dexter's Production of Twelfth Night

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Connections

Version of Macbeth (1987)

User Reviews

A great film!

I could not disagree more with the one and only comment so far to appear here. A wonderful version of the play, and Lady Joan Plowright is absolutely outstanding. I love the beginning, when she is shipwrecked--she has this amazing feminine way of expressing both hope and fear--a utopian moment. I am frantically looking through my VHS collection because I know I taped this sucker and can't find it now, and there is neither a VHS nor DVD version now available. And this cad's comments don't help getting this show DVDized--GRRRRRRRRR! Pearls before swine! And why then did this show garner 7+ votes! And it was made during the golden era, of 1969! And Tommy Steele is great, singing, accompanying himself on the lute--how many pop stars from the 1960s could do that? And so is everybody else. I really liked this film (how many more lines do I need?--LOL!) Make this available on DVD, NOW!