Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Performed by a full cast
The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection
Audio Theater
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2 Formats: CD
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2 Formats: Library CD
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ISBN: 9781932219364
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ISBN: 9780792729815
| Runtime: | 2.18 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Drama/Performing Arts |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Shakespeare’s most sophisticated comedy is a riotous tale of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity.
Duke Orsino is in love with the noblewoman Olivia. She, however, has fallen for his servant Cesario, who is actually Viola, a woman disguised as a man, who loves Orsino: confusion is rife. Meanwhile, Olivia’s arrogant steward Malvolio is cruelly tricked by her uncle Sir Toby Belch, his friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and the maidservant Maria into believing his mistress loves him.
Niamh Cusack is Viola, Jonathan Firth is Orsino, Amanda Root plays Olivia, Dinsdale Landen plays Sir Toby Belch, and Julian Glover is Malvolio.
Author
Author Bio: William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period, is the most widely known author in all of English literature and often considered the greatest. He was an active member of a theater company for at least twenty years, during which time he wrote many great plays. Plays were not prized as literature at the time and Shakespeare was not widely read until the middle of the eighteenth century, when a great upsurge of interest in his works began that continues today.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Drama/Performing Arts |
| Runtime: | 2.18 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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