Genre:
Theatre
Release Date:
Aug 2013
Number of Discs:
1
Sound:
Dolby Surround; Dolby Stereo
Subtitles:
EN/DE
Territory Exclusions:
North America
Aspect Ratio:
16:9 Anamorphic
Display:
NTSC
Catalog Number:
OA1111D
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare's Globe)
Samual Barnett (Sebastian); Liam Brennan (Orsino); Paul Chahidi (Maria); John Paul Connolly (Antonio); Stephen Fry (Malvolio); Mark Rylance (Olivia); Roger Lloyd Pack (Sir Andrew Aguencheek); Johnny Flynn (Viola); Ian Drysdale (Priest/Valentine); James Garnon (Fabian); Peter Hamilton Dyer (Feste); Colin Hurley (Sir Toby Belch);
One of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, Twelfth Night was ‘blissfully reborn’ (Telegraph) for the 2012/13 season at London’s Globe Theatre, under the direction of Tim Carroll. The hilarious tale of misdirection and deception is performed here by an all-male cast, among whom we find Mark Rylance as Olivia and Roger Lloyd-Pack as Sir Anthony Aguecheek. The production also marks Stephen Fry’s triumphant return to the stage as thepompous Malvolio, ridiculous in his yellow stockings.
Reviews
"…no single actor dominates this radical yet perfectly balanced production at the Globe" (The Guardian)
"The irony is that Fry's performance – intelligently pondered, generous to the other actors, and almost studiedly not a "star turn" by a celebrity guest artiste – is exactly the opposite in tendency" (The Idependent)
"Although this is ensemble theatre at its finest, it’s Rylance’s contribution that puts the production among all-time Shakespeare greats. Frankly unmissable." (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★★)