Twelfth Night
From: Friday, 2nd November 2012
To: Saturday, 9 February 2013
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Synopsis
In the household of Olivia, two campaigns are being quietly waged – one by the lovesick lord Orsino against the heart of the indifferent Olivia; the other by an alliance of servants and hangers-on against the high-handedness of her steward, the pompous Malvolio. When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet chain of events follows.
Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines cruelty with high comedy and the pangs of unrequited love with someof the subtlest poetry and most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote.
Mark Rylance reprises his widely celebrated performance of Olivia in Twelfth Night, 10 years after its original premiere at Middle Temple Hall and The Globe. Stephen Fry returns to the West End to play Malvolio.
Book your tickets now to see this great transfer from the Globe. And if you like that, then why not book for Richard III, also starring Rylance.
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 19 November 2012
Mark Rylance seems determined to make the Apollo "his" theatre in much the same way as John Gielgud once colonised the Haymarket, or Robert Morley the Savoy. He returns to the scene of his triumph as Johnny “Rooster” Byron in Jerusalem at the head of a tremendous pairing of plays, with all-male casts, from Shakespeare’s Globe this summer.
Your Shakespeare in London for Christmas problem is solved at a stroke - courtesy of producer Sonia Friedman; thanks for nothing, RSC - with the greatest cartoon chronicle history play in the language, and the never-failing (except in the recent Peter Hall NT revival), mature comedy of gender-bending romance and thwarted puritanism.
For it’s a paradoxical feature of both Mark Rylance performances and Tim Carroll’s “original practices” productions that absolute modernity is the keynote. There’s nothing stale or historically arch at the Apollo, desp...
Cast
Mark Rylance (Olivia)
Samuel Barnett (Sebastian)
Liam Brennan (Orsino)
Paul Chahidi (Maria)
John Paul Connolly (Antonio)
Ian Drysdale (Priest/Valentine)
Peter Hamilton Dyer (Feste)
Johnny Flynn (Viola)
Stephen Fry (Malvolio)
James Garnon (Fabian)
Colin Hurley (Sir Toby Belch)
Roger Lloyd Pack (Sir Andrew Aguecheek)
Mark Rylance (Olivia)
Jethro Skinner (Captain/Officer)
Ben Thompson (Curio)
Creative
Shakespeare (Author)
SoniaFriedman Productions (Producer)
Shakespeare Road (Producer)
1001 Nights (Producer)
Tulchin/Bartner Productions (Producer)
Tim Carroll (Director)
Jenny Tiramani (Design)
Claire van Kampen (Music)
David Plater (Lighting)
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