Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

103 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Jan. 6, 1969

Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John Dexter’s production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Originally broadcast on Britain’s ITV, this classic performance captures all the slapstick, puns and double entendres that have amazed and amused audiences for over four hundred years.

Twelfth Night

103 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Jan. 6, 1969

Twelfth Night
Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John Dexter’s production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Originally broadcast on Britain’s ITV, this classic performance captures all the slapstick, puns and double entendres that have amazed and amused audiences for over four hundred years.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers ITC, Associated Television (ATV)
Original title Twelfth Night
Directors John Sichel
Writers William Shakespeare

Cast

Ralph Richardson

as Sir Toby Belch

Alec Guinness

as Malvolio

Joan Plowright

as Viola

Gary Raymond

as Orsino

Adrienne Corri

as Countess Olivia

Tommy Steele

as Feste

John Moffatt

as Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Sheila Reid

as Maria

Richard Leech

as Antonio

Paul Curran

as Sea Captain