Twelfth Night (1969) - Sir Ralph Richardson, part 7 of 10

this extract starts with Act III, scene iv, line 81 or so, Fabian's "Here he is, here he is! How is't with you sir?" (some cuts, of course) to end.

Then start of next scene, Act IV, scene i, to line 38 (of the 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

Joan Plowright ... Viola and Sebastian
Richard Leech ... Antonio
Tommy Steele ... Feste
Ralph Richardson ... Sir Toby Belch
Alec Guinness ... Malvolio
John Moffatt ... Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Riggs O'Hara ... Fabian


some marvelous performances here!

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


William Hazlitt on Twelfth Night:

Shakespear's comedy is of a pastoral and poetical cast. Folly is indigenous to the soil, and shoots out with native, happy, unchecked luxuriance. Absurdity has every encouragement afforded it ; and nonsense has room to flourish in. Nothing is stunted by the churlish, icy hand of indifference or severity.

The poet runs riot in a conceit, and idolizes a quibble. His whole object is to turn the meanest or rudest objects to a pleasurable account. The relish which he has of a pun, or of the quaint humour of a low character, does not interfere with the delight with which he describes a beautiful image or the most refined love

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[GreatGrumbledook]

I love the duel scene: Two confessed cowards are forced to fight each other by some knaves; by the way: Sir Toby is played by a very fitting actor, a noble character; as one should not take the revels and drinking of Sir Toby too serious: A gross fat man like Sir Falstaff would wrong this character.

[misspinaberry]

10:23 Wow these people need some lessons in stage combat. That looked horrible. HAHA.

[Monkeynuts502]

i quite like this play, very entertaining.

note: THIS IS NOT AARON!!!!!!!!!

[Sgtfluffball]

kill me