Adrienne Corri Videos : Twelfth Night (1969) - Sir Ralph Richardson, part 1 of 10

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Twelfth Night (1969) - Sir Ralph Richardson, part 1 of 10

some marvelous performances here! This extract starts with Act I, scene ii "What country, freinds, is this?" Then the start of play, Act I, scene i. It then back to end of Act I, scene ii. It shifts then to Act 1, scene iv, then to Sir Toby and Maria's first appearance, Act I, scene iii link below to a single playlist of all 10 parts of this "Twelfth Night": www.youtube.com Joan Plowright ... Viola and Sebastian Paul Curran ... Sea Captain Adrienne Corri ... Countess Olivia Gary Raymond ... Orsino, Duke of Illyria Kurt Christian ... Curio Christopher Timothy ... Valentine Ralph Richardson ... Sir Toby Belch John Moffatt ... Sir Andrew Aguecheek Sheila Reid ... Maria Directed by John Sichel 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... Twelfth Night; or, What You Will by William Shakespeare William Hazlitt on Twelfth Night: This is justly considered as one of the most delightful of Shakespear's comedies. It is full of sweetness and pleasantry. It is perhaps too good-natured for comedy. It has little satire, and no spleen. It aims at the ludicrous rather than the ridiculous. It makes us laugh at the follies of mankind, not despise them, and still less bear any ill-will towards them. Shakespear's comic genius resembles the bee rather in its power of extracting sweets from weeds or poisons, than in leaving a sting behind it. He gives the ...

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