Ian Brown, John Chapman, Lee Thompson & Russell Gillary
Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are shipwrecked off the coast of Illyria; each believes the other has been drowned. Viola disguises herself as a boy and, under the name of Cesario, enters the service of the duke Orsino. The duke sends Cesario to woo the lady Olivia on his behalf, but Olivia falls in love with the lovely 'boy'. Viola/Cesario, meanwhile, has fallen in love with Orsino. Malvolio, Olivia's steward, disapproves of the other members of her household – her kinsman Sir Toby Belch, his friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the jester Feste. Led by the ingenuity of Maria, Olivia's waiting-woman, these three plot Malvolio's downfall. Olivia meets Sebastian (who has also not died) and, mistaking him for Cesario, arranges for them to be secretly married. Orsino is furious at the apparent falseness of his page, but, with the eventual meeting of the twins, true identities are revealed and Orsino recognizes his love for Viola.
The play had previously been produced by RSC in 1979. |
Russell Gillary, John Chapman & Lee Thompson
Other William Shakespeare plays performed by RSC are:
The Winter's Tale (1996)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1984)
Twelfth Night (1979)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1978)