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5 days ago · Twelfth Night is a play that exhibits a festive, mischievous, and witty style. The title of the play refers to the twelfth night after Christmas, which is also known as the night before Epiphany. Epiphany is a religious celebration marking the time when the three Magi brought gifts to the infant Jesus. The play’s style reflects the holiday ...
5 days ago · Twelfth Night is a famous Shakespearean comedy that encompasses almost every aspect of the genre. The play revolves around a wedding, mistaken identities, misunderstandings, physical comedy, and a happy ending. As with all of Shakespeare’s comedies, the play concludes with a wedding. In this case, it is the joint wedding of two pairs of ...
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5 days ago · Twelfth Night, a play by William Shakespeare, has a dramatic point of view that follows certain characters more closely than others. This allows the audience to sympathize with their perspective. The play focuses on the characters Viola, Feste, and Malvolio, amongst others.
3 days ago · It’s amazing to think that Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night was the first play ever staged at the Open Air Theatre back in 1932. Director Owen Horsley’s new version of the story of mistaken identities, unrequited love, gender-swapping and drunken revelry is a nostalgic celebration of love in all its forms.
3 days ago · In medieval times, Twelfth Night was sometimes marked by a role-play reversal game that allowed a man and a woman to become “king and queen” for the night, a jape that nods to the Lord of ...
3 days ago · The study of comedy as a serious element in a humanistic education. Stephen Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opens with the phrase: “Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight.”. He seems to promise a performance free of troubles and the burdens of everyday life, a musical that is little more than a distracting amusement.
3 days ago · Given a beautiful warm May night and the twinkling surroundings of the Open Air Theatre, I’d probably look fairly kindly on a wilfully abrasive take on ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’, let alone a ...
