Kara Tointon
Author of The Sound of Music Live
Works by Kara Tointon
Associated Works
RSC Live: Twelfth Night [film] — Actor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Tointon, Kara Louise
- Birthdate
- 1983-08-05
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Basildon, Essex, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Occupations
- actor
- Relationships
- Jensen, Marius (fiancé)
Tointon, Hannah (sister) - Agent
- Curtis Brown
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Reviews
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Statistics
- Works
- 2
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 3
- Popularity
- #1,791,150
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 1
There is more effort to place the story in the context of 1938 Austra and the Anschluss, but the ending is a bit tame and sentimental. Julian Ovenden makes a fairly engaging captain, with a pleasant voice, but he seems rather young for someone who was captain of a naval ship twenty years earlier. The children are not well differentiated but this is partly because of the limitations on camera angles caused by live performance. Max Dettweiler and the Baroness are played reasonably well. Kara Tointon sings quite well in the lead role, though she is no Julie Andrews - but she is arguably a better actress. All in all, worth watching as an alternative to the film, but is not a replacement for it.… (more)