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PRODUCTION: Twelfth Night (Comedy) PRODUCTION DATE: October 1968 DIRECTED BY: Robert G. Newton (Assisted by Betty Dann) STAGED: The Park Centre, Burgess Hill SYNOPSIS: Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy to serve the Duke of Illyria. Wooing a countess on his behalf, she is stunned to find herself the object of his beloved's affections. With the arrival of Viola's brother, and a trick played upon the countess's steward, confusion reigns in this romantic comedy of mistaken identity. PLAYWRIGHT: William Shakespeare lived for 52 years. In just 23 years, between approximately 1590 and 1613, he is attributed with writing 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 5 other poems. The first recorded production of Twelfth Night is February 2 1602. In the Elizabethan era there was a huge demand for new entertainment and Twelfth Night would have been produced immediately on completion of the play. BHTC NOTES: Club member Sheila Wells (playing the part of a serving woman) remembers this as a 'beautiful production' and remarks on how superb Christine Batsford was in the part of Viola.
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