| Description |
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
024500 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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Dolby Digital |
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sound |
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1.33:1 |
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full screen |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| Series |
Thames Shakespeare collection
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Thames Shakespeare collection.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1; NTSC; aspect ratio: 1.33:1; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
| Cast |
Frances Barber (Viola), Tim Barker (Sea captain, Antonio), Christopher Ravenscroft (Orsino), Christopher Hollis (Curio, Sebastian), Julian Gartside (Valentine), James Saxon (Sir Toby Belch), Abigail McKern (Maria), James Simmons (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Anton Lesser (Feste), Caroline Langrishe (Olivia), Richard Briers (Malvolia), Tim Barker (Antonio), Christopher Hollis (Sebastian), Shaun Prendergast (Fabian). |
| Credits |
Design, Bunny Christie ; costume supervisor, Susan Coates ; music composed & conducted by Pat Doyle ; "Come away death" adapted from Paul McCartney's "Once upon a long ago" ; casting executive, Elizabeth Sadler ; costume designer, Lyn Harvey ; make-up designer, Angela Seyfang ; graphic designer, Ruth Bribram ; senior cameraman, Chas Watts ; videotape editor, Richard Halladey ; designer, Robert Ide |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on television by ITV on 30 December 1988. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
After a shipwreck, twin siblings Viola and Sebastian wash up on the shores of Illyria. Viola, disguised as a man named Cesario, takes up service with the Duke Orsino, who is madly in love with the Lady Olivia. But Olivia is in mourning over her brother's death, so Orsino sends Cesario over as an emissary of love, except that Olivia falls for Viola! |
| Note |
Special features: Timeline of William Shakespeare's life and plays; Inside an Illyrian winter : an interview with director Kenneth Branagh. |
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Based on the play by William Shakespeare. |
| Audience |
Ages 11 and up. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Twelfth night -- Television adaptations.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
| Genre/Form |
Television adaptations.
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| Subject |
Shipwreck survival -- Drama.
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Shipwreck survival. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Shipwreck victims -- Drama.
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Shipwreck victims. |
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Siblings -- Drama.
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Siblings. |
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Twins -- Drama.
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Twins. |
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Mistaken identity -- Drama.
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Mistaken identity. |
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) |
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Illyria -- Drama.
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Twelfth night (Shakespeare, William) |
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Television plays. |
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Europe -- Illyria. |
| Genre/Form |
Television plays.
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Television plays.
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Comedy plays.
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Comedy films.
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Televised performances.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Comedies.
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Comedy films.
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Television adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Siblings. |
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Love triangles. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Added Author |
Branagh, Kenneth, stage director.
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Kafno, Paul, television director.
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Parfitt, David, 1958- television producer.
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Martin, Ian, 1935-2011, television producer.
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Barber, Frances, 1958- actor.
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Barker, Tim, actor.
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Ravenscroft, Christopher, actor.
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Hollis, Christopher, actor.
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Gartside, Julian, actor.
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Saxon, James, actor.
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McKern, Abigail, 1955- actor.
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Simmons, James, actor.
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Doyle, Patrick, 1953-
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Lesser, Anton, actor.
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Langrishe, Caroline, actor.
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Briers, Richard, actor.
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Prendergast, Shaun, actor.
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Doyle, Patrick, 1953- composer (expression)
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Television adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Twelfth night.
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ITV (Firm), broadcaster.
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Renaissance Theatre Company, production company.
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Thames Television, ltd., production company.
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Talkback Thames (Firm)
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A & E Home Video (Firm), film distributor.
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FremantleMedia, film distributor.
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New Video Group, film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Twelfth night (Television program : 1988)
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Twelfth night |
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What you will |
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12th night |
| Note |
Title on container: Kenneth Branagh directs Shakespeare's Twelfth night |
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Title on container: Shakespeare's Twelfth night |
| ISBN |
0767083407 |
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9780767083409 |
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0767090306 (set) |
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9780767090308 (set) |
| Standard No. |
733961758368 (set) |
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733961728972 |
| Music No. |
AAE-72897 A & E Home Video |
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