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Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s most adapted works. We find elements of his story everywhere in pop culture. (For example the movie She’s the Man.) Ask your students to retell the story in a shortened version. They can set it anywhere and change little plot elements, so long as the major plot points stay the same.
As Twelfth Night, the culminating party of the festive Christmas season, comes to an end, as the illusory realm of Illyria, constructed primarily out of language’s imaginary transparency, recedes, the Fool, alone on the stage, sings a sad song about time and winter. Here in the margins of the fiction, a figure from the world made of words ...
'Youth, whatsoever thou art, thou art but a scurvy fellow.' Fabian. Good, and valiant. Sir Toby Belch. [Reads] 'Wonder not, nor admire not in thy mind, why I do call thee so, for I will show thee no reason for't.' 1695; Fabian. A good note; that keeps you from the blow of the law. Sir Toby Belch. [Reads] 'Thou comest to the lady Olivia, and in my
Jan 12, 2018 · birthday—April 23, 1616. Young William was born of John Shakespeare, a glover and leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a landed heiress. William, according to the church register, was the third of eight children in the Shakespeare household, three of whom died in childhood. We assume that Shakespeare went to grammar school,
Introduction to the play. Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays with love and power. The Countess Olivia, a woman with her own household, attracts Duke (or Count) Orsino. Two other would-be suitors are her pretentious steward, Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
Twelfth Night Lesson Plan Twelfth Night: Themes, Quotes and Characters 17:22 Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare | Summary & Analysis 5:26
Storytelling Film. Below is a musical storytelling version of Twelfth Night. It was devised and performed by MA Actor-Musician students at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. There were two different versions that toured to schools in London in March 2023. Devised and performed by Lauren Garcia, Kay Dent, Catherine Li and Jordan McMahon.
