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April 4, 2009

Date: 2007
Posted by: christy gordon
Credits: Created by Christy Gordon. Background song, ‘These Days’ by Nico
Cast: Members of BYU Young Company Shakespeare Troupe, Christy Gordon (Sir Andrew Aguecheek)
Duration: 3.01

This unusual video has its origins in a BYU (Brigham Young University) Young Company Shakespeare Troupe’s one-hour production of Twelfth Night, which was taken to elementary schools in the USA. A succession of young people (in present-day dress) are interviewed in the familiar TV style of short statements tightly edited together, about what they thought of the late Sir Andrew Aguecheek. It does have the air of an in-joke among the cast that no one else can quite share in (part of the joke is that the filmmaker herself played Aguecheek, seen only in a photo at the end). However, the video is well made and has real charm. As a Shakespeare video, it is one on its own.

Links:
Vimeo page
Christy sings (video showing Gordon as Aguecheek)


13th Night: Malvolio’s Revenge

November 2, 2008

Date: 2007
Posted by: generalg1992
Credits: Created by Michael, filmed by Maggie, Shaina and Mrs Elinson
Cast: Michael (Malvolio), Sam (Toby, Andrew, Sabastion [sic], Maggie (Mariah [sic]), Shaina (Viola)
Duration: 4.12

An excellent title for a 7th Grade sequel to Twelfth Night in which a teenage Malvolio is indeed revenged upon the whole pack of them, as he slaughters the cast of the play one by one, until meeting his comeuppance. Mostly swordfights, but that’s revenge for you.

Links
YouTube page


Twelfth Night or What You Will

August 1, 2008

Date: 2008
Posted by: vcelloho
Credits: Character models by C. David Claudon. An Intro to Shakespeare and Company Film
Cast: Voices: Mariam Awaisi (Viola), Tommy Benfey (Sebastian), David Goff (Orsino), Carla Oppenheimer (Olivia), Jonathan Ho (Antonio, Sir Toby, Sir Andrew), Marissa Ho (Maria), Liam Hynes (Malvolio)
Duration: 5.45

A reasonably amusing spoof Twelfth Night using cut-out figures in Gilliam-style, but despite some creative touches it doesn’t really do much beyond mocking the play’s familiar highlights (though curiously showing us nothing of Malvolio’s yellow stockings). The drollest touch is to have Viola played by … a viola (disguised by a moustache). Shakespeare’s words are not used.

Links
YouTube page