Twelfth Night

Jan 6, 1980

2h 8m

★ 6.7

Overview

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke's sending. Then, of course, Viola's brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia's officious majordomo, Malvolio.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

Time-Life Television Productions

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Cast

Malvolio

Alec McCowen

Sir Toby Belch

Robert Hardy

Viola

Felicity Kendal

Maria

Annette Crosbie

Olivia

Sinéad Cusack

Feste

Trevor Peacock

Orsino

Clive Arrindell

Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Ronnie Stevens

Fabian

Robert Lindsay

Antonio

Maurice Roëves

Sebastian

Michael Thomas

Valentine

Malcolm Reynolds

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