Twelfth Night: Or What You Will

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Twelfth Night: Or What You Will is a 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or What You Will by director Trevor Nunn. The adaptation is set in the early 20th century. It was filmed on location in Cornwall including scenes shot at Padstow and Lanhydrock House, Bodmin.
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  • Oct 25, 1996

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  • 2 h 14 min

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Trevor Nunn

Sir Trevor Robert Nunn CBE (born 14 January 1940) is an English theatre- and film director. Nunn was born in Ipswich, England to Robert Alexander Nunn, a cabinetmaker, and Dorothy May Piper. He was educated at Northgate Grammar School, Ipswich and Downing College, Cambridge, where he began his...

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Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1600-01 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of such an occasion, with plot...
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