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"Twelfth Night" is the 41st episode of the second season of the Australian anthology TV series Wednesday Theatre and is based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. "Twelfth Night" aired on ABC Television network on 12 October 1966 in Sydney, on 26 October 1966 in Melbourne, and on 16 November 1966 in Brisbane. The play was directed by Ken Hannam and it starred Roger Climpson and Helen Morse.

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
• Alister Smart as Curio
• Martin Redpath as Valentine
• John Llewellyn
• David Copping

Reception

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

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote there was "some gracious acting" but added "regrets remain for the inadequate way in which everything else was presented".

References

1. "Television". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 506. 12 October 1966. p. 25. Retrieved 23 March 2017 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
2. "TV Guide". The Age. 20 October 1966. p. 37.
3. "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 October 1966. p. 17.
4. ^ "Twelfth Night Confusion". The Age. 20 October 1966. p. 14.
5. "Twins for the Bard". The Canberra Times. 10 October 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 5 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
6. Madeleine Armstrong (22 October 1966). "Caught in the Draft". Theatre. The Bulletin. Vol. 88, no. 4520. p. 53. Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via Trove.
7. Constanino, Romola (13 October 1966). "Twelfth Night on TV". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 16.

External links

• "Twelfth Night" at IMDb

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v t e William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Characters	Viola Orsino Olivia Sebastian Malvolio Maria Sir Toby Belch Sir Andrew Aguecheek Feste
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