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Viola and her twin brother, Sebastian, are separated during a shipwreck. When she arrives on the shores of Illyria, she presumes Sebastian is dead. The ship’s captain helps her disguise herself as a man, and she enters the service of Duke Orsino, with whom she falls in love. Orsino, however, loves the Countess Olivia, who has foresworn any suitors while she mourns the death of her father and brother. Orsino begs Cesario (Viola in disg ...more
Viola and her twin brother, Sebastian, are separated during a shipwreck. When she arrives on the shores of Illyria, she presumes Sebastian is dead. The ship’s captain helps her disguise herself as a man, and she enters the service of Duke Orsino, with whom she falls in love. Orsino, however, loves the Countess Olivia, who has foresworn any suitors while she mourns the death of her father and brother. Orsino begs Cesario (Viola in disg ...more
I'm not a fan of Shakespeare's tragedies and while I can't say I'm a fan of his comedies either, I loved Much Ado About Nothing. However, I think that's thanks to Kenneth Brannagh & Emma Thompson rather than the actual play. Twelfth Night was a typical comedy play with plenty of misunderstandings that got sorted out at the end. It did include a much favourite trope of mine though, a girl disguised as a boy, so I did sort of like it. As it is a play, it is rather short and the ending felt rather
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My first Shakespeare experience since high school, a number of decades ago now. I think I've probably only read the requisite Romeo and Juliet in all of my lifetime. I took an English degree in college and somehow never stumbled across a Shakespeare course, or perhaps ignored any I might have noticed? Anyway, I am now reading Shakespeare with Benjamin McAvoy's online book club, Hardcore Literature, and this first experience was a good one. Twelfth Night is an easy read and I read it as I listene
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I love this play. I'm a huge fan of the comedies and Shakespeare's wit really comes through. Like the other comedies, this includes love triangles, cross dressing, mistaken identity and a bit of torture for good measure.
The story is quite silly and ridiculous and the characters aren't the brightest, but this play is so fun and entertaining. After all, isn't that what theatre is for? ...more
The story is quite silly and ridiculous and the characters aren't the brightest, but this play is so fun and entertaining. After all, isn't that what theatre is for? ...more
Jan 09, 2013
Pamela
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