DVD

Twelfth night [videorecording] / Thames Television Ltd. ; Fremantle Media Ltd. ; A&E Television Networks ; produced and directed for television by Paul Kafno ; directed for the stage by Kenneth Branagh.

Branagh, Kenneth. (Added Author). Kafno, Paul. (Added Author). Briers, Richard. (Added Author). Langrishe, Caroline. (Added Author). Lesser, Anton. (Added Author). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Twelfth night. (Added Author). Richard Briers, Caroline Langrishe, Anton Lesser, Abigail McKern, Frances Barber, James Saxon. (Cast).

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!

Record details

ISBN: 0767083407
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (165 min.) : | videorecording 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [United States] : A&E Home Video : [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container. Originally broadcast on television in 1988. Based on Shakespeare's "Twelfth night" Special features: inside an Illyrian winter: an interview with director Kenneth Branagh; timeline of William Shakespeare's life and plays.
Participant or Performer Note:	Richard Briers, Caroline Langrishe, Anton Lesser, Abigail McKern, Frances Barber, James Saxon.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital stereo.