Publisher Description
Set in the fictional country of Illyria, Twelfth Night is Shakespeare's comic tale of identical twins, girls disguised as boys, practical joking, and love at first sight. Retold by distinguished author Leon Garfield and read by Clare Higgins - who has acted with the RSC in such productions as Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra and A Midsummer Night's Dream - this spirited reinterpretation will delight both those who already know and love the works of Shakespeare and those who have yet to discover them.
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About Leon Garfield
Leon Garfield (1921–1996) was one of the top children’s authors
of his time. Among his most popular works were about a dozen adventure novels
set in an alternate eighteenth-century London. His novel Devil-in-the-Fog earned him the first-ever Guardian Award for
Children’s Fiction, and he won the Carnegie Medal for his retelling of the
Greek Myths, The God beneath the Sea,
and a Whitbread Book Award for John Diamond.
About Clare Higgins
Clare
Higgins, an award-winning English actress, is a graduate of the London Academy
of Music and Dramatic Arts. As a stage actress, she has had leading roles in London
and on Broadway in such plays as A
Streetcar Named Desire, Night of the
Iguana, and Measure for Measure.
She has had roles in numerous BBC television plays and series, including Downton Abbey. In film, she best known
for Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, and The
Golden Compass. Her acting awards include three Olivier Awards, a Tony
Award, and a London Critics Circle Award. She
has narrated more than a dozen audiobooks, earning three AudioFile Earphones
Awards.