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Twelfth Night (Thames Shakespeare Collection)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767083409
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767083407
Label: A&E Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
MPN: 72897
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Running Time: 165 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1987
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Editorial Review:
One of Shakespeare's most popular and enduring comedies--TWELFTH NIGHT--gets the full treatment in this acclaimed production by the Renaissance Theatre Company and acclaimed director Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing).
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Very Disappointing....
This was a pretty poor interpretation of one of Shakespeare's more brilliant works. These actors, as a whole, seemed to have NOT spent enough time learning what their lines actually mean, because their delivery is pitiful and dull. Too often we are "treated" to just a simple regurgitation of memorized lines rather than acting.
Lesser totally butchers the role of Feste, blowing through lines with absolutely NO thought and no inflection, just vomiting forth the lines and portraying a ... Read More
Rating:  - Bold and Provocative
Branagh, who is among the leading contemporary interpreters of Shakespeare, is often provocative, if not daring. His production of Twelfth Night is no exception. Some aspects are comfortably traditional. Olivia and Viola are witty and beautiful. Orsino is quite infatuated with love, and perhaps with Olivia. Sir Toby is a model of drunken revelry. Malvolio is a supremely irritating puritanical spoil-sport. However, in Feste, traditionally a lyrical, brooding, idiot savant, Branagh gives us an aging ... Read More
Rating:  - A Star! A Star!
Mayest one star's guiding Light,
Twinkling o'er the Thames' Twelfth Night,
Point to that "Epiphany"
Portray'd by the BBC--
Wherein thou shalt see given,
Royal Gifts, three, from Heaven,
Unfolding, each, like a flow'r:
Fragrant Love, Wisdom and Pow'r;
And, whereby, the Nobl'st Bard,
Stands, still, Sweet Perfection's Guard!
(The BBC version referred to above is available from Ambrose Video Publishing @ ambrosevideo.com)
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Rating: - A rich and moving (though imperfect) production
I'm surprised by some of the strongly negative reviews of this production. I'm not usually a big Kenneth Branagh fan, but this video of a stage production he directed is an extremely thoughtful, probing and moving realization of Shakepeare's play, perhaps one of the first plays for which the term "comedy-drama" seems appropriate. (Branagh didn't direct it for TV, but it is a filming of his production.)
It should be noted that the visual quality sometimes could be a little sharper. Also, it's ... Read More
Rating: - Difficult to praise
Although I liked the effects of the "blue" winter scene and the mood it set, after awhile it seemed to lack imagination, as if a wintery scene and blue lighting are the only ways to express desolation and loneliness in the heart. And yes, I know it's supposed to be January, but still...
I didn't think there was any energy at all in this production. I don't know if the actors felt they had to move slowly to avoid doing damage to the unsteady sets or what, but everyone, even the comic players, ... Read More
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