It probably is much better on stage, but it just didn't do it for me. Perhaps I wasn't in the right mood for comedy, perhaps I was expecting as much enjoyment a I had from it when I was twelve... Whatever the reason be, I am glad it is over.
Twelfth Night is a mash-up of other Shakespeare comedies. Combining the hijinks of Much Ado About Nothing, the cross-dressing infiltration of As You Like It and the fickle infatuations of A Midsummers Night’s Dream (minus the fairy dust), we are left with this Frankensteinian play. A patchwork of ...
Twelfth Night was better than As You Like It, but not much. Viola better watch out if Orsino's affections are as changeable as what he displayed in this play. She'd probably be better off trying her hand at running around town dressed up as a woman for awhile, and see if she can maybe find a mate ...
General IntroductionThe Chronology of Shakespeare's WorksIntroductionThe Play in PerformanceFurther Reading--Twelfth NightAn Account of the TextThe SongsCommentary
A Midsummer Night's Dream has long been my favorite of Shakespeare's comedies. Twelfth Night has now moved into a strong second place. It has the funniest Fool of all his comedies I've read so far. And Maria! What a piece of work! It would've been REALLY funny if Malvolio had found some dame who ...
This play is one of Shakespeare’s silliest. He uses a lot of wordplay in this one, though I do think he went a bit too far with one little detail he includes. In Act 1 Scene 2 Viola states that she’s going to disguise herself as a eunuch so she could gain access to the Duke’s court to obtain work, a...
I was in a Shakespeare course in London, so I had the chance to revisit this play. The Nigel Hawthorne/Ben Kingsley/Toby Stephens film version has long been a favorite of mine, but the play itself is even better! (I also saw a lovely production while in London, which certainly helped.) One of my fav...
Not a re-read but the film on this rainy Friday. Such a cast has ne'er been cast afore:Helena Bonham CarterImelda Staunton(all singing)Ben Kingsley et alwonderful
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