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Twelfth Night
1996
Trevor Nunn's version of William Shakespeare's classic comedy revolves around Viola, a young woman who disguises herself as a man to work as a page in the court of Count Orsino. Orsino is hopelessly in love with a woman named Olivia, and soon Viola finds herself hopelessly in love with Orsino. But Orsino thinks she's a man, and .. Read more
| Starring | Helena Bonham-Carter, Nigel Hawthorne, Imogen Stubbs, Toby Stephens |
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| Director | Trevor Nunn |
| Genres | Drama |
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Twelfth Night
Trevor Nunn's version of William Shakespeare's classic comedy revolves around Viola, a young woman who disguises herself as a man to work as a page in the court of Count Orsino. Orsino is hopelessly in love with a woman named Olivia, and soon Viola finds herself hopelessly in love with Orsino. But Orsino thinks she's a man, and her predicament worsens when she realizes that Olivia has fallen in love with her. Nunn's film sets the play in the 19th Century and brings out both the ebullient and the melancholy aspects of Shakespeare's story.
| Starring | Helena Bonham-Carter, Nigel Hawthorne, Imogen Stubbs, Toby Stephens, Richard E. Grant, Mel Smith, Ben Kingsley, Steven Mackintosh, Estelle Harris, Imelda Staunton |
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| Director | Trevor Nunn |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 8 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 29 Oct 2001 Production year: 1996 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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An updated version of Shakespeare's comedy of sexual confusions, set in some unspecified, presumably Edwardian period, in which the farcical elements fare badly and the play's melancholy undercurrent is stressed; it never comes fully to life.
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Set in a Hardy-esque English countryside, circa 1890, this starts boldly with a shipwreck and scene-setting voice-over... read more on Time Out
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Disappointing.
In spite of the excellent cast I didn't think this production came off. It was quite severely cut, which made some scenes quite incomprehensible, and the comedy, which for once is an integral part of a Shakespeare play rather than dragged in to wake the audience up, was totally unfunny - everybody seemed to be trying far too hard. As a result my wife and I immediately ordered a different version to restore our faith in what I think is the Bard's funniest play.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Disappointing.
In spite of the excellent cast I didn't think this production came off. It was quite severely cut, which made some scenes quite incomprehensible, and the comedy, which for once is an integral part of a Shakespeare play rather than dragged in to wake the audience up, was totally unfunny - everybody seemed to be trying far too hard. As a result my wife and I immediately ordered a different version to restore our faith in what I think is the Bard's funniest play.
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Trevor Nunn's version of William Shakespeare's classic comedy revolves around Viola, a young woman who disguises herself as a man to work as a page in the court of Count Orsino. Orsino is hopelessly ... -