Twelfth Night (1969) - Sir Ralph Richardson, part 2 of 10

This extract starts with rest of Act I, scene iii, starting at line 63 or so.

Then to Act I, scene v - Maria and the clown. It continues thru the scene to line 213 or so (The Pelican Shakespeare)

link below to a single playlist of all 10 parts of this "Twelfth Night":
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7F429A373BCAC12F

Ralph Richardson ... Sir Toby Belch
John Moffatt ... Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Sheila Reid ... Maria
Tommy Steele ... Feste
Adrienne Corri ... Countess Olivia
Alec Guinness ... Malvolio
Joan Plowright ... Viola

some marvelous performances here!

Directed by John Sichel...unfortunately the play has been cut extensively, to fit the TV broadcast time slot.


It was filmed in sumptuous color, but alack! my VHS tape is so old and worn it looks like a black and white film. I increased the saturation as much as possible during the conversion...


The talented Tommy Steele OBE (born December 17, 1936 in London, England as Thomas Willam Hicks) was England's first teen idol and "rock n' roll" sensation. As a merchant marine on leave in the US, he heard Buddy Holly and decided that was the way to go and left his skiffle band behind. He did mainly covers of American hits, getting them out to market before the American versions made it to Britian.

He later acted and directed on stage and film in several triumphs, including a recent Ebenezer Scrooze, wrote a children's book that was made into a film, wrote a novel about Dunkirk, in September 2006 published his autobiography ("Bermondsey Boy: Memories of a Forgotten World"), and has exhibited his sculptures at the Royal Academy.

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[dansingajb]

Is that... Obi-Wan Kenobi???

[shuppet88]

Well, your interpretation is a bit better than the one in this version.

maria is supposed to be very feisty.

[greg5566]

I also love the line "I would not so much as make water but in a sink-a-pace." Mary and Toby are both SO SARCASTIC toward Andrew in this scene, but he's too dumb to see it.

[NikiBoy27]

go sir toby!!!

[mattzifrom95]

ahaa madge off of benidorm is that woman at the start

[FlippinBooks]

THAT'S Feste? But he's just a weasely little brat! He'd better sing "O Mistress Mine" VERY well. :P

[fuhmeregan]

The competent Joan - lovely!

[panacea999]

Tommy Steele is the worse Feste I've ever seen.

[EvilPundit]

A little late but -

I would act burdened through most of most my scenes.

When reveling choose your revels wisely and indulge but shade your lunacy with a bit of melancholy

Remember, you are the wisest character among a cast of lunatics.

Donçt overplay the whirligig of time scene, Feste isnçt vindictive.

[ablehockey16]

To: way2musical: Drink a lot of liquor.

[bigbrightlight]

Just understanding what you're saying