Synopsis
Twelfth Night is called a comedy, while Macbeth is a tragedy - so how do actors try to get laughs or make the plays work their magic? RSC Associate Artists Estelle Kohler and Emrys James play Olivia and Malvolio and then the Macbeths in two famous scenes from Shakespeare.
Further Information
Similar plays, poems and sonnets
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S1E6: Twelfth Night
Duke Orsino falls in love with the Countess Olivia, who is in mourning for a dead brother and has vowed to shut herself away.
Twelfth Night (1996)
Trevor Nunn's film version of William Shakespeare's mature comedy. Twins Viola and Sebastian are shipwrecked on different parts of the same coast, with each believing the other has died. Featuring Trevor Nunn, Helena Bonham Carter, Imogen Stubbs and Nigel Hawthorne.