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Thursday, August 12, 2010
5 Facts About Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare
The full title of the play is “Twelfth Night, or What You Will”.
Like many of Shakespeare’s works, the plot lines were borrowed from an earlier story; in this case, it was based on the Italian “Gli Ingannatori (or The Cheats)” and the short story “Of Apollonius and Silla” by Barnabe Rich, based on the Matteo Bandello original story.
The first listed Broadway production of the play opened on June 11, 1804.
The longest Broadway production, in 1941, ran for 129 performances.
Famous actors that have appeared in Twelfth Night, either on stage or in film, include John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh, Helen Hayes, Alec Guinness, Paul Rudd, Parminder Nagra, Helen Hunt, Yul Brynner, Ben Kingsley and Helena Bonham Carter.
Credits: wikipedia.org and ibdb.com
Like many of Shakespeare’s works, the plot lines were borrowed from an earlier story; in this case, it was based on the Italian “Gli Ingannatori (or The Cheats)” and the short story “Of Apollonius and Silla” by Barnabe Rich, based on the Matteo Bandello original story.
The first listed Broadway production of the play opened on June 11, 1804.
The longest Broadway production, in 1941, ran for 129 performances.
Famous actors that have appeared in Twelfth Night, either on stage or in film, include John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh, Helen Hayes, Alec Guinness, Paul Rudd, Parminder Nagra, Helen Hunt, Yul Brynner, Ben Kingsley and Helena Bonham Carter.
Credits: wikipedia.org and ibdb.com
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