Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 68GoodWatch 67
IMDb6.9
Letterboxd · 203 ratings3.3/5
Running time
1 h 43 min
A typical length for dramas, −6 min on the typical 109
typical 109103Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1970
July 12, 1970
56 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
and 5 moreDirecting · 1
- John Sichel Director
Writing · 1
- William Shakespeare Theatre Play
Production · 1
- Cecil Clarke Executive Producer
Sound · 1
- Marc Wilkinson Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Peter Roden Production Design
- Carl Toms Production Design
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