Twelfth Night (1969) - Sir Ralph Richardson, part 3 of 10

this clip starts with rest of Act I, scene v (line 212 to end), then to Act II, scene ii. After that, the next scene follows (Sir Toby and Sir Andrew), Act II, scene iii, lines 1-69 (some cuts)

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

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

some marvelous performances here!

song "O mistress mine, where are you roaming?"

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...

of Olivia's ring,
James Spedding (Fraser's Maga., August, 1865, p. 265, via New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare) wrote:

This passage has always appeared to us one of the finest touches in the play. When Malvolio overtakes Viola with the ring . . . her immediate answer is : ' She tooh the ring of me : I'll none of it.' Now, as she had not left any ring, it has been thought that there must be some mistake here. . . . But it is plain from Malvolio's reply, ' Come, sir, you peevishly threw it to her,' etc., that he understood her to mean that she had left it. And so no doubt she did. For though taken quite by surprise, and not knowing at first what it exactly meant, she saw at once thus much, — that the message contained a secret of some kind which had not been confided to the messenger ; and with her quick wit and sympathetic delicacy suppressed the surprise which might have betrayed it.

on Viola's soliloquy, Horace Howard Furness wrote:

At the very first mention of Olivia, in the second scene of the play, Viola's heart had gone out in sympathy to one whose profound grief over the loss of a brother was so identical with her own ; and now when she discovers that Olivia is destined to cherish a hopeless passion, similar to her own, their twinship in despair again most deeply touches her heart, and the whole soliloquy is pervaded with a gentle sadness.

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[partytilllatenight]

1996 version is better than this

[FlippinBooks]

Oh God, my ears!! A good rendition of "O Mistress Mine" was too much to hope for.

[rickbandana]

@partytilllatenight Really? And why are not Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson and Adrienne Corri in 1996 version?

[unforgettable903]

oh yes, that's QUITE a believable "boy"



[allisonforfornsed]

OMG...Joan Plowright was absolutely amazing in this. she was so much better than that other chick in the play where trevor peacock played feste.

[McGrenzer]

Obviously Tommy Steele needed something to do besides look cute and mug for the camera, but isn't it enough for you folks just to see Sir Ralph sing, strut and clap? A wonderful moment, ShakespeareAndMore! Thank you.

[ANorthernSong]

@FlippinBooks Yeah, I was kind of taken aback... Yipes.

[Quetzacoatl2]

@jhun1724 I believe it was either pushed forward into the play or just deleted. Is it the one with Antonio ? (I loaned my copy)

[jhun1724]

there's no act II scene 1??

[girlbassist]

I agree 100%. This rendition seems too stuck up. The 1996 version is much more lively and appealing.