23 Dec 2022
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Young lovers living under an oppressive state-rule flee their home-city to change their lives, and end up changing the world. After all, love changes everything.
Twelfth Night
Television adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Top Billed Cast
Bibi Andersson Viola
Ove Tjernberg Orsino
Catrin Westerlund Olivia
Gösta Ekman Sebastian
Toivo Pawlo Malvolio
Ulla Sjöblom Maria
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt Tobias Raap
Per Oscarsson Andreas Blek af Nosen
Bertil Norström Fabio
Jens Østerholm en narr
Lars Lind Antonio
Hans Bendrik en annan sjökapten
Stig Gustavsson Valentin
Lars Edström Curio
Olof Frenzel Olivias betjänt
Per-Olof Ekvall rättstjänare
Gerard Skogberg rättstjänare
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