Twelfth Night. William Shakespeare

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TWELFTH NIGHT

      Propeller Shakespeare

       TWELFTH NIGHT

      Edited by Edward Hall and Roger Warren

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      Text of Twelfth Night copyright © Propeller, 2012 Individual contributions copyright © the contributors, 2012

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      PB ISBN: 978-1-84943-422-5

      EPUB ISBN: 978-1-84943-659-5

      Cover design by James Illman. Mask designed and made by

      Michael Pavelka for Propeller’s production of Twelfth Night.

      Production images © Manuel Harlan.

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      Contents

       Cast and Production Team

       Edward Hall on Propeller

       Kinds of Love: Twelfth Night

       Designing Twelfth Night

       Music in Twelfth Night

       Twelfth Night

      Propeller’s Twelfth Night was first performed at the Old Vic, London, on 5 January 2007 with the following cast:

      FESTE Tony Bell ORSINO, Duke of Illyria Jack Tarlton CURIO, his servant Jon Trenchard VIOLA, later Cesario Tam Williams SEBASTIAN, her twin brother Joe Flynn A SEA CAPTAIN Dominic Tighe OLIVIA Dugald Bruce-Lockhart MALVOLIO, her steward Bob Barrett SIR TOBY BELCH, her uncle Jason Baughan MARIA, her gentlewoman Chris Myles SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK, suitor to Olivia Simon Scardifield ANTONIO, a sea captain Alasdair Craig A PRIEST Jon Trenchard ENSEMBLE/UNDERSTUDY Tom McDonald

      Other parts played by members of the company.

      It was subsequently performed at:

      Perth Festival, Australia

      Hong Kong Festival

      Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Cambridge Arts Theatre

      The Lowry, Salford

      The Lighthouse, Poole

      Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford

      The Everyman, Cheltenham

      Oxford Playhouse

      Teatro Grassi, Milan

      Neuss, Germany

      The Watermill, Newbury

      Twelfth Night was revived at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, on 8 November 2012, with the following cast:

      FESTE Liam O’Brien ORSINO, Duke of Illyria Christopher Heyward CURIO, his servant Arthur Wilson VIOLA, later Cesario Joseph Chance SEBASTIAN, her twin brother Dan Wheeler A SEA CAPTAIN Benjamin O’Mahoney OLIVIA Ben Allen MALVOLIO, her steward Chris Myles SIR TOBY BELCH, her uncle Vince Leigh MARIA, her gentlewoman Gary Shelford SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK, suitor to Olivia John Dougall ANTONIO, a sea captain Finn Hanlon A PRIEST Arthur Wilson OFFICERS Lewis Hart, Darrell Brockis

      Other parts played by members of the company.

      PRODUCTION TEAM Director Edward Hall Designer Michael Pavelka Lighting Designer Ben Ormerod Music by Propeller Vocal arrangements and additional music direction by Jon Trenchard Text adapted by Edward Hall and Roger Warren Sound David Gregory Associate Director Dugald Bruce-Lockhart Assistant Director George Ransley Company Manager Laura Routledge Production Manager Nick Ferguson Costume Supervisor Laura Rushton Stage Manager Edward Salt Deputy Stage Manager Eleanor Randall Assistant Stage Manager Janine Bardsley Wardrobe Mistress Bridget Fell Assistant to the Editors Angie Kendall Production Photographer Manuel Harlan Development Manager Cathy Baker General Manager Nick Chesterfield Executive Producer Caro MacKay

      It was subsequently performed at:

      Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford

      Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers, Nanterre

      Festival Temporada Alta, Girona, Spain

      Theatre Royal, Norwich

      Theatre Royal, Plymouth

      The Power Center, Ann Arbour, Michigan

      Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis

      The Lowry, Salford

      Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

      Rose Theatre, Kingston

      Theatre Royal, Newcastle

      Teatro