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Twelfth Night (1970)
Directed by John Sichel
Overview
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.
Length 103 minutes
Actors
Ralph Richardson | Alec Guinness | Joan Plowright | Gary Raymond | Adrienne Corri | Tommy Steele | John Moffatt | Sheila Reid | Richard Leech | Paul Curran