Twelfth Night (1966 film)

Twelfth Night is a 1966 Australian TV version of the play by William Shakespeare. Directed by Ken Hannam, it stars Roger Climpson and Helen Morse.[5][6]

"Twelfth Night"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 41
Directed byKen Hannam
Original air date12 October 1966 (Sydney)[1]26 October 1966 (Melbourne)[2]
Running time90 mins[3][4]

It screened as part of Wednesday Theatre. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[7]

Cast
  • Judith Fisher as Viola
  • Mark McManus as Sebastian
  • Helen Morse as Olivia
  • Roger Climpson as Orsino
  • Lola Brooks as Maria
  • John Gregg as Sir Toby Belch
  • Alexander Hay as Feste
  • Donald McDonald as Malvolio
  • John Gregg
  • Alistair Smart
  • Martin Redpath
  • John LLewellyn
  • David Copping

Reception

The Bulletin called it "lively" with "a high standard of acting, diction, and intelligence."[8]

The Sydney Morning Herald said there was "some gracious acting" but added "regrets remain for the inadquate way in which everything else was presented."[9]

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References
  1. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 October 1966. p. 17.
  2. "Twelfth Night Confusion". The Age. 20 October 1966. p. 14.
  3. "TELEVISION". The Canberra Times. 41 (11, 506). 12 October 1966. p. 25. Retrieved 23 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "TV Guide". The Age. 20 October 1966. p. 37.
  5. "Twelfth Night Confusion". The Age. 20 October 1966.
  6. "TWINS FOR THE BARD". The Canberra Times. 10 October 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 5 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  8. The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 6 April 2019
  9. ""Twelfth Night" on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 13 October 1966. p. 16.



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