Twelfth Night Act 1 Scene 5

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Disguised as Cesario, Viola (Chris New) visits Olivia (Justine Mitchell) to woo her for Orsino.

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Twelfth Night Act 3 Scene 4

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Prompted by Maria's fake letter, Malvolio (John Lithgow) arrives in Olivia's chamber, dressed in ridiculous yellow stockings.

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  • Neil: What was your starting point for this production? Why did you decide to stage Twelfth Night in particular?
  • Neil: What were your initial ideas? Is there a key line of text for you?
  • Kandis: What was your starting point for designing Twelfth Night?
  • Neil: How did the design of the Courtyard itself influence the design of this production?
  • Simon: How did you begin to compose music for this production?
  • Neil: How did you decide on the historical setting?
  • Kandis: Why is the set sparse? And what does the row of doors at the back represent?
  • Neil: Why did you require a sparse set?
  • Neil: How did you caste Feste? What were you looking for? And how did you cast the rest of the company?
  • Neil: How have you used cross-gender casting? And why did you decide to do this?
  • Neil: How easy was it for your actors to play the opposite gender?
  • Neil: What other cross-gender possibilities are there in Twelfth Night? Is there anything you'd like to try?
  • Neil: What was your experience of working with John Lithgow (as Malvolio)? How do you feel about his performance?
  • Kandis and Neil: How did you design the yellow stockings?

Neil: What were your initial ideas? Is there a key line of text for you?

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Date
04/09/07
Copyright
© RSC 2007

Kandis: What was your starting point for designing Twelfth Night?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
04/09/07
Copyright
© RSC 2007

Simon: How did you begin to compose music for this production?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
04/09/07
Copyright
© RSC 2007

Neil: How did you decide on the historical setting?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
04/09/07
Copyright
© RSC 2007

Kandis: Why is the set sparse? And what does the row of doors at the back represent?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
04/09/07
Copyright
© RSC 2007

Neil: Why did you require a sparse set?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
04/09/07
Copyright
© RSC 2007

Neil: How have you used cross-gender casting? And why did you decide to do this?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
04/09/07
Copyright
© RSC 2007

Neil: How easy was it for your actors to play the opposite gender?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
04/09/07
Copyright
© RSC 2007

Kandis and Neil: How did you design the yellow stockings?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
04/09/07
Copyright
© RSC 2007

These clips are taken from a recording of the Creative Team Talk public event on 4 September 2007 in the Courtyard Theatre. Interview by Carol Rutter.

Download: transcript [PDF]

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