Twelfth night, produced by vitagraph and directed by charles kent, is a short film based on the comedy of shakespeare, featuring florence turner, a star of silent hall of fame. Pdf twelfth night book by william shakespeare free. Downloading the complete play for students who have access to computers or. It was produced and distributed by the vitagraph company of america. The first edition of the novel was published in 1601, and was written by william shakespeare. Twelfe night, or what you will, from a facsimile copy of the first folio 1623 transcription. Free download or read online twelfth night pdf epub book. This section contains any movie which is completely in black and white from old classics to newer ones such as schindlers list. The play centres on the twins viola and sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Davis revised an earlier edition of the twelfth night handbook. Twelfth night complete text open source shakespeare. Viola who is disguised as cesario falls in love with duke orsino, who in turn is in love with countess olivia.
Featuring performances from florence turner, playing a perky viola, and charles. Duel scene from macbeth 1905 short based on the same stage play. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 220 pages and is available in paperback format. Viola florence turner is saved after a shipwreck and ends up dressed in mans clothes in the domains of a certain duke. We have included this film in our program to illustrate the work and contributions of our star florence turner.
With julia swayne gordon, charles kent, florence turner, edith storey. Twelfth night an allusion to the night of festivity preceding the christian celebration of the epiphanycombines love, confusion, mistaken identities, and joyful discovery. Thinking viola is a boy, the duke sends her with a message to olivia, whom he loves. Twelfth night written by shakespeare has been adapted into films many times, with the first being filmed in 1910 as a silent production. An incredibly ambitious early attempt to fit as much of shakespeares twelfth night into 10 minutes as possible. Twelfth night, or what you will is a romantic comedy by william shakespeare, believed to have been written around 16011602 as a twelfth nights entertainment for the close of the christmas season. Twelfth night is a 1910 silent short film directed by eugene mullin and charles kent. Twelfth night 1910 starring florence turner youtube. The main characters of this classics, plays story are viola, count orsino. It is based on william shakespeares play twelfth night. Also this spring, a 75minute abridged version of twelfth night. After the twins sebastian and viola survive a shipwreck, neither knows that the other is alive. Twelfth night 1910, produced by vitagraph and directed by charles kent, is a short film based on the comedy of shakespeare.
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