Twelfth Night - Idaho Shakespeare Festival

Twelfth Night
Or What You Will
Idaho Shakespeare
Festival‟s
Shakespearience
production is a part of
Shakespeare for a
New Generation, a
national initiative
sponsored by the
National Endowment
for the Arts in
cooperation with Arts
Midwest.
January 24th to
April 1st
By:
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night Abridged
Table of Contents
Topic:
Page:
Special Thanks…………………………………
In this Study Guide…………………………….
A Note from the Director………………………
About our Education Program…………………
About the Playwright……………………..…….
An Introduction to Twelfth Night ………………..
Plot Summary………………………………….
Meet the Cast…………………………………..
Activity—Dramatis Personae…………………..
Activity—Soundtrack………………………….
Fun Facts……………………………………….
Questions for Discussion: Prior to the Show…...
Questions for Discussion: After the Show………
Activity—Play Poster……………………………
Activity—Paraphrasing Passages………………
Activity—Fifteen-minute Twelfth Night…..……
Activity—T.V. Reporter………………………..
Activity—Shakespearian Text Message…..……
Activity—Bardbook…………………………….
Activity—Selected Scene………………………
Set Sketches by Josh Frachiseur………………..
Activity—Think Like a Scenic Designer……….
Activity—Think Like a Costume Designer……..
Learn to Insult as Shakespeare Does!...................
Activity—Memory Mnemonics Experiment!.....
Suggestions for Further Reading…………………
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WELCOME!
In This Study Guide:
You will find background information about William
Shakespeare and Twelfth Night to help you and your
students get the most out of the production.
This resource includes a range of information,
discussion topics, and activities. You should also have
received a box of study guide and resource materials
from the Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. If you have not received it, please
contact Renee Knappenberger, Director of Education at renee@idahoshakespeare.org.
We encourage you and your students to share your
thoughts with us! Any letters, questions, or artwork
you send will be shared with the actors and artists
who created the 2010 Shakespearience production of
Twelfth Night. Our address can be found at the end
of this study guide.
Thank you so much!
Idaho Content Standards Addressed in this
study guide:
humanities (hum), language arts (la), social studies
(soc), theater (th), and visual arts (va). History (hist),
music (mus)
A Very Special Thank You:
As a part of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival‟s educational programming,
Shakespearience performances have enriched the lives of over one million students
and teachers since 1986 with productions that express the unique and impacting voice
of Shakespeare. The magic of this art form is brought to schools across the State of
Idaho each Winter/Spring semester with assistance from a generous group of
underwriters:
Arts Midwest
Boise City Department of Arts & History
National Endowment for the Arts
Home Federal Foundation
Idaho Community Foundation and the following funds:
Kissler Family Foundation Philanthropic Gift Fund
Gladys E. Langroise Advised Fund
Sara Maas Fund
Perc H. Shelton & Gladys Pospisil Shelton Advised
Fund
Miles and Virginia Willard Fund
Intermountain Gas Industries Foundation
Idaho Commission on the Arts
Idaho Humanities Council and National
Endowment for the Humanities
Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation
Idaho Power
OfficeMax Community Fund
Wells Fargo Foundation
Union Pacific Foundation
The Whittenberger
Foundation
THANK YOU!
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About Our Education Program:
The Idaho Shakespeare Festival has become an integral part of the arts
education throughout Idaho. The Festival‟s annual Shakespearience tour
brings live theater to more than 25,000 high-school students in more than 50
Idaho communities each year. Since it began touring in 1986,
Shakespearience has enriched the lives of nearly 500,000 students.
In 1999, the Festival assumed the operations of Idaho Theater for Youth
(ITY). This alliance has more than doubled the Festival‟s annual educational
programming, resulting in the Festival becoming the largest provider of
professional, performing arts outreach in the state of Idaho. In addition to the
statewide Idaho Theater for Youth school tour, which brings professional
productions to nearly 30,000 students in grades K-6 across Idaho, the
Festival oversees year-round Drama School programs. This series of classes
in acting, playwriting and production, for students of all ages, enrolls over
300 Treasure Valley students each year. Look for upcoming student
productions throughout the summer, fall and spring.
For more information on any of the Festival‟s educational activities, please
contact the Director of Education at the Festival offices, email at
renee@idahoshakespeare.org, or go to www.idahoshakespeare.org.
A Note from the Director:
A little over fifteen years ago the Idaho Shakespeare Festival‟s “Shakespearience” tour came to my high school in Burley,
Idaho. They performed a production of Twelfth Night and it was the
first live performance of Shakespeare I had ever seen. Like most
people, I had read some Shakespeare in my English class, and seen a
couple of clips from a very serious and precious movie version of
Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare was foreign to me, I couldn‟t identify with it- it felt very antiquated and quite frankly, boring. All of
this changed, though, when I saw the text performed live. The set,
costumes, music, and vibrancy of the actors elevated the text to a
new level. I understood the plot and characters on a much deeper
level, I was invested. None of this is a fluke- the fact is, Shakespeare is not meant to be seen on film, or read in a classroom- it is
meant to be experienced live.
So, live, and tailored especially for you we present Shakespeare‟s comedy Twelfth Night. It was first performed over 400
years ago, and has been seen in innumerable iterations since then
and watched by millions of people. Today, you will join the ranks of
that long line of spectators who have enjoyed this play. Love, loss,
and madness are the main themes of this show- themes we can all
identify with. All of the text that you will hear is Shakespeare‟s
own. All of the design elements (set, costumes, music) are given a
contemporary flavor in order to make the play more current and
fresh. Also, the play is cut down quite drastically from its original
21,000 words to 6400 words- it‟s snack sized Shakespeare.
I don‟t want to tell you what the play is about and how it
will affect you because the answer is different for everyone. If you
engage in this performance I promise you there is something in it for
you. These plays have survived the test of time, and even thrived,
because they are at their core stories about the struggles and triumphs of human beings- this certainly pertains to each and every
one of us. So, I invite you to meet this play half way, we did our
work and all we ask is that you open up your mind, drop any negative preconceived notions you may have and take a fresh look at live
theater.
Enjoy!
- Sara Bruner, Director
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About the Playwright: William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England‟s Avon River. When he was
eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children, one of whom died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare‟s
working life was spent in London. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting
company. Shakespeare became a published poet in 1593 because at this time the theaters had been closed due to the plague, a contagious epidemic disease that devastated the population of London. When the theaters reopened in 1594, Shakespeare continued
his career as an actor, playwright, and acting-company shareholder. His career spanned over about the next twenty years.
In the 1590s he wrote his plays on English history as well as several comedies and at least two tragedies (Titus Andronicus
and Romeo and Juliet). It is assumed that Shakespeare‟s sonnets were also written at this time. In 1599, Shakespeare‟s company
built a theater for themselves across the river from London, naming it the Globe. The plays that are considered by many to be
Shakespeare‟s major tragedies (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth) were written while the company was resident in this
theater, as were such comedies as Twelfth Night and Measure for Measure. Many of Shakespeare‟s plays were performed at court
(both for Queen Elizabeth I and King James the 1), some were presented at the Inns of Court (the residencies of London‟s legal
societies), and some were doubtless performed in other towns, at the universities, and at great houses when the King‟s Men,
Shakespeare‟s acting company, went on tour. Between 1608 and 1612, Shakespeare wrote several plays---among them The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest---presumably for the company‟s new indoor Blackfriars theater, though the plays seemed to have been
performed also at the Globe and at court. Shakespeare wrote very little after 1612, the year he probably wrote King Henry VIII. It
was a performance of Henry VIII in 1613 that the Globe caught fire and burned to the ground. Shakespeare retired from the stage
sometime between 1610 and 1613 and returned to Stratford, where he died in 1616.
Until the 18th Century, Shakespeare was generally thought to have been more than a rough and untutored genius. Theories
were advanced that his plays had actually been written by someone more educated, perhaps statesman and philosopher Sir Francis
Bacon or the Earl of Southampton, who was Shakespeare‟s patron. However, he was celebrated in his own time by English writer
Ben Johnson and others who saw in him a brilliance that would endure. Since the 19th century, Shakespeare‟s achievements have
been more consistently recognized, and throughout the Western world he has come to be regarded as the greatest dramatist ever.
Folger Shakespeare Library
“Shakespeare, William” Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2001
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The Context of Twelfth Night soc, hist
Twelfth Night was probably written in 1601 and first performed in January of 1602. Twelfth Night was written six
years after Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s treatment of love and romance and his use of dramatic devices are even
more sophisticated than they were in his famous tragedy. Twelfth Night is the fourth in a series of romantic comedies
which all have very bright heroines who end up teaching valuable lessons to men who will become their husbands.
Three of these four plays---The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night—feature heroines who disguise
themselves as men and deal with their male-dominated societies from this secret vantage point.
The immediate source of Twelfth Night is a book by a man named Barnaby Ridge titled Ridge: His Farewell to the Military Profession written about 20 years earlier. Ridge’s story is about a young woman who disguises herself as a young man and goes to work for a handsome young lord with whom she promptly falls in love with. The Lord
orders her to go off and win the love of a beautiful woman he likes. Comic confusion ensues. Ridge had stolen this story
line from an Italian play written earlier, but in reality the ideas here go back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. The ancients also had lots of fun with characters that looked alike or were identical twins.
The title Twelfth Night is named after the twelfth day after Christmas, or January 6. This is the traditional
day of The Epiphany, the day on which the three Wise Men visit Jesus soon after he is born. During medieval times,
Christmas was celebrated for twelve days and the last day was the most festive. Because it is the last day of celebration
the games and disguises must end; this puts pressure on the characters to fix everything before the day ends. It is postulated that a group of lawyers commissioned Shakespeare to write a play that was set to open on January 6, 1601, but
there is nothing about the actual holiday in the play. Twelfth Night is one of the few plays Shakespeare wrote that has a
secondary or sub-title: What You Will. “Will” in this case means “desire”. Like some of his other comedies, Much Ado
About Nothing and As You Like It, the titles suggest trivial things, unimportant stories made for entertainment, “Whatever
you Desire”.
SOURCES
ASLSHAKESPEARE.COM
www.srvc.net/engl154/html_files/TWELFTH_NIGHT_Lecture.htm
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Thou! Weekly
Hot Mess Love Triangle
Life Section
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Illyria, GREECE
In a mysterious place called Illyria, Duke Orsino loves two things: music and the Countess Olivia. The problem is Olivia doesn‟t love him back. She recognizes him as a wonderful candidate for a husband, but not for her. Furthermore, Olivia has sworn 7 years
of mourning for her dear brother‟s recent death, a time in which she says no man shall even behold her face. Regardless of this, Orsino
sends his officers to Olivia‟s house relentlessly, hoping that somehow one of them will be able to woo her to be his wife.
Viola washes up on the shore of Illyria, she and her twin brother have just experienced a terrible shipwreck, and Viola believes her
brother, Sebastian, to be dead. The Captain that is washed ashore with Viola tells her that he saw Sebastian during the shipwreck, and
thinks he may actually be alive. Viola learns from the Captain that Orsino rules the island, and that he is in love with Olivia. In order
to survive on the island, Viola decides to disguise herself as a young man, a “eunuch”, her plan is to serve Orsino.
Orsino accepts the disguised Viola into his court, and has quickly taken a great liking to her/him; in fact he already favors Viola (who
is now going by the name Cesario) over all of his other officers. Orsino believes that Cesario may be the one person who can successfully woo Olivia for him, and he insists that Cesario go and deliver his message of love. While Olivia mourns the loss of her brother,
her cousin Sir Toby Belch drinks excessively and parties loudly with his wealthy not-so-smart Olivia wooing friend, Sir Andrew
Aguecheek. Olivia‟s fiery servant Maria tries unsuccessfully to control the men. Olivia‟s other servant, the super uptight Malvolio,
also tries to keep some peace in the house, though his attempts only cause more unrest.
Olivia notes that there is something special about Cesario too, and she is quite smitten with him, in fact, she thinks she‟s falling
in love.
Orsino loves Olivia
Olivia loves Cesario/Viola
Cesario/Viola loves Orsino… you get the picture.
Viola‟s twin brother, Sebastian, washes ashore. He and his new found friend Antonio decide to part ways; Antonio is uncomfortable in
Illyria because he is considered on outlaw there Sebastian falls instantly in love with Olivia, who is pleasantly surprised that her love
for Cesario is suddenly being reciprocated. They decide to get married.
Back at Orsino‟s court, Orsino confronts Antonio, who swears up and down that he and Cesario have know each other for months and
are very good friends; this baffles both Orsino and Cesario since they know that can‟t possibly be true. Then, Olivia enters and refers
to Cesario as her husband; once again Cesario is mistaken for her twin brother. To make matters even worse for Cesario, Sir Toby and
Sir Andrew accuse Cesario of beating them up. Just as all of the misunderstanding start to pile up and cause major problems for Cesario, Sebastian enters. The twins are reunited at last and Viola is finally able to reveal her true identity to Orsino and Olivia. Viola is
reunited with her twin brother, Olivia and Sebastian will stay happily married, and Orsino and Viola pledge their love to one another.
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Meet Our Players!
Dakotah Brown
Rod Wolfe
Orsino, Sir Andrew Aguecheek
“In High School, I pined over a girl who I
dissected a crawfish with in Biology. I
"It was being bullied that hounded
wouldn't shut up about her and constantly
me during my school years. My
saving grace was to make my bully's whined to my friends. During lunch one
day, she happened to be eating at our table,
laugh. Sometimes it worked and
and
a friend loudly asked "Hey, isn't she the
sometimes not so much. As the mulgirl
you really like?" I was mortified.”
tiple resetting of my nose can
attest."
Malvolio, Valentine
Jodi Dominick
Assistant Director
Sara Bruner
Director
“All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts.”
Jacques—As You Like It A II, S VII
Luke Massengill
Viola
“I was in love with my best guy
friend. We shared the night before graduation with each other
and few friends, and kept willing
the night to go on longer. Alas,
graduation came, and neither of
us were able to admit our feelings
to the other. We live
in completely different cities from
each other now, and even though
we still see each other every year
or so, I still live with that regret
of never making my feelings
known.”
Veronica Von Tobel
Maria, Antonio
“At a dance in junior high, a more “nerdy”
guy was dancing and these bullies were
making fun of him. My friends and I saw
this and started crazily dancing too and
soon everyone was! That shut the bullies
right up!”
Sebastian, Sir Toby
Elizabeth Conway
Tim Long
Sound Engineer
“When I was younger I had
fallen for a girl. I couldn't take it
anymore and I sent her a rose
during class and asked her to be
my girlfriend....she flat out said
no. First time in my life I had
been totally crushed. “
Sarah Gardner
Olivia, Captain
Nicole Frachiseur
Costume Designer
“I was really crazy about a guy in high
school. We were both really shy though
and had different friends. I used to write
him love notes but I never had the nerve
to actually give them to him, so by the
end of my junior year I had a stack of
unsent love notes and when I came back
to school the next year, he had moved.”
Josh Frachiseur
Set Designer
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Dramatis Personae:
Activity!
Soundtrack
VIOLA—a shipwrecked lady, later disguised as
If you were going to select a musical style or music group/
artist to underscore your production, who would it be?
Why? Pick a theme song for the following characters:
Cesario
CAPTAIN—of the wrecked ship, who befriends
Viola
Viola
Duke Orsino
Olivia
Sir Toby Belch
Malvolio
SEBASTIAN—Viola’s twin brother, also shipwrecked
ANTONIO—a sea-captain, who befriends
Fun Facts!
Sebastian
ORSINO—Duke of Illyria
VALENTINE—a gentleman attending on
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Orsino
OLIVIA—a countess
MARIA—Olivia’s waiting-gentlewoman
SIR TOBY BELCH—Olivia’s kinsman
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SIR ANDREW—companion to Sir Toby
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MALVOLIO—Olivia’s steward
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The average American has a vocabulary of about 10,000 words. Shakespeare‟s vocabulary was 29,000!
Shakespeare invented a lot of words including: bedroom, bump,
assassination, apostrophe, bloody, dislocate, frugal, majestic and
suspicious.
Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday.
If you were to Google “Shakespeare,” you would get over 15 million
pages!
Macbeth is performed somewhere in the world once every four hours!
All of Shakespeare‟s family members are thought to have been illiterate.
Shakespeare had no descendants after all his grandchildren died.
All the moon‟s of Uranus are named after Shakespeare characters.
No portrait of Shakespeare was ever painted while he was alive.
The role of Hamlet has nearly 1,500 lines - almost as long as the entire
play, The Comedy of Errors!
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Questions For Discussion: Prior to the Show
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Have you ever pretended to be someone or something you‟re not? What did you change about yourself, and why?
How might you have been treated differently if you had not disguised the real you? Did you ever go back and
show your true personae to the people you had interacted with? If not, why not? If so, what was their response? If
we act differently depending upon who is around us, how is it possible to know somebody‟s true personality?
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Six little words: He’s just not that into you provided the title for Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo‟s bestseller, as
well as the 2009 film of the same name What do you do when someone doesn‟t love you back? How do you successfully woo or date an individual? What advice would you give to an individual suffering from unrequited love?
Is it ever possible to make someone fall in love with you? Have you ever known of someone to either fall into or
fall out of love with another? What causes this behavior? How can love be controlled? What is the craziest thing
you‟ve ever done to try to win the heart of another? What happened?
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In your opinion, how important is honesty in a relationship? Are deceptions acceptable in certain circumstances,
or are they inappropriate at any cost? Can a relationship withstand deceptions? Why or why not? Have you ever
withheld the truth from someone you loved in order to protect them? If so, how did this situation work out?
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What is the most outrageous practical joke you have ever been involved in? How did it turn out? Have you ever
been the target of a practical joke? How did you feel about it? Do you believe a joke can be carried too far? When
does this occur? Do you think we learn anything from practical jokes? If so, what do we learn? If not, why not?
Do you think there is any humor in convincing someone that someone else is in love with them? Why or why not?
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Do you believe at the core, men and women are genuinely different? Do women talk differently when there are no
men around? Do men talk differently when no women are present? How important is gender in determining identity? What do you imagine it would be like if you could walk around in the opposite gender‟s shoes for just one
day? Do you believe you would come out of that experience with a deeper respect for each other, or would the experience simply confirm currently held beliefs?
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Questions For Discussion: After the Show
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Consider the character of Malvolio. Do you think that Malvolio is capable of carrying out his threat, “I‟ll be
revenged upon the whole pack of you?” What form do you believe Malvolio‟s revenge will take?
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How would you rank the characters from most likeable to least likeable? What qualities did you admire/
dislike in these characters? What casting choices did you find most effective?
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How do the actors emphasize the various extremes found in the play (love, drink, self-delusion, grief, etc.)?
Does the mood of the production change with the introduction of each extreme? How do the portrayals of
the extremes advance the plot and the character development?
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Both Malvolio and Sir Andrew Aguecheek are gulled in Twelfth Night. Both characters have potentially annoying characteristics. At any point in the play, did you feel sympathy for either character? How did the actors‟ choices influence your feelings?
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Viola must adopt the disguise of a eunuch boy “Cesario” in order to enter the service of Duke Orsino. Is the
cross-gender deception effective? Did you accept the portrayal of Viola as Cesario so that the subsequent
events were believable?
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Do you think that Sir Toby Belch, Maria, and Sir Andrew take the practical joke on Malvolio too far? Why
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The theme of excess runs throughout the play. What excesses are displayed by Sir Toby and Sir Andrew?
What excesses does the puritanical Malvolio display? What excesses does Duke Orsino display? Which
characters have a balanced attitude toward life?
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Activity!
Play Poster
va, th
In professional theatre, there is often a person called the „art director‟ who is responsible for designing all the advertising materials for a production,
including promotional posters, programs, etc. Using any art materials from the classroom or special materials from home (magazines to make a collage, etc.), have
your students design posters for Twelfth Night. They can advertise the Shakespearience! production, or use their imaginations and create their very own productions!
Below are three examples of posters for Twelfth Night you can share with your students for inspiration. Some information they may want to include:
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The show‟s title
The dates, times, and location the play is being performed
Contact information (phone numbers, addresses, or websites)
Names of actors appearing in the play (could be their friends, celebrities, anybody!)
A tagline or excerpts from imaginary reviews (“Two paws up!”)
A drawing or collection of drawings that highlights a character, scene, location, or theme from Twelfth Nigh that the student feels is important for a potential audience member to understand about her production.
3 Very Different Examples:
Wargrave Thearer
Chalk Reparatory Company
Jericho Arts Center
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Paraphrasing Passages
la, mus, va, th
Activity!
Many passages in Twelfth Night contain beautiful language; however, they are sometimes difficult for modern
readers. Select one of the following passages and write it in your own words. Finally, perform your selected
passage for the class. You might wish to dramatize the passage using visual aids, gestures and music. Or, you
may wish to join with other students for a group presentation.
VIOLA
By innocence I swear, and by my youth
I have one heart, one bosom and one
truth,
And that no woman has; nor never none
Shall mistress be of it, save I alone.
And so adieu, good madam: never more
Will I my master's tears to you deplore.
OLIVIA
Here, wear this jewel for me, 'tis my picture;
Refuse it not; it hath no tongue to vex you;
Come again to-morrow: fare thee well:
A fiend like thee might bear my soul to hell.
ANTONIO
MALVOLIO
O, ho! do you come near me now ?
What can be said? Nothing
that can be can come between me
and the full
prospect of my hopes. Well, Jove,
not I, is the
doer of this, and he is to be thanked.
Copy this page!
Orsino, noble sir,
a witchcraft drew me hither:
That most ingrateful boy there by your side,
From the rude sea's enraged and foamy mouth
Did I redeem, drew to defend him when he
was beset:
Where being apprehended, his false cunning,
Denied me mine own purse.
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Activity!
The Fifteen-Minute Twelfth Night th, la
Divide the class into five groups. Each group will select an act for their presentation and will construct a threeminute version of their act. They must use lines from the act. Students will prepare their scripts. (Give a day of
classroom time for group work.) On the following day, the groups perform their scripts. Within fifteen minutes, an
abridged version will be performed. After the conclusion of Act V, have each group explain what events they chose
to include and those events which they chose to ignore.
Act I Group:
Act II Group:
Act III Group:
Act IV Group:
Act V Group:
T.V. Reporter
th, la
You are a reporter for the television tabloid Entertainment Tonight. You have just seen a new production of
Twelfth Night at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Your job is to present a two minute “review” of the play and
this production.
Write a script and then present your report to the class and your TV audience. You can include:
1. Your opinion of the production
2. Your choices of the best from the production: costumes, scenic design, acting, best scene, best line
etc.
3. Your choices of these production elements that did not work.
4. Your recommendation to the audience. Should they see the play? Why or why not?
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Activity!
Copy this page!
Shakespearian Text Message
th, la
If Maria had Olivia‟s cellphone to send the deceptive letter to Malvolio, what would it look like?
EX. To: Malvolio
U R HOTTT! Esp. with yellow sox! LUV O
To: Olivia,
;}……. LUV M Dawg
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Activity!
Bardbook
th, hum
Copy this page!
Choose one of the characters below and create a Facebook page for that character.
Viola
Sir Toby Belch
Malvolio
Olivia
Duke Orsino
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The following scene work is included to complement your active exploration of Twelfth Night. The abbreviated scene is
relatively short and can be simply staged. This is the scene where Sir Andrew and Sir Toby are singing and celebrating
late at night. They are scolded by Malvolio, which leads Maria to come up with a plan to get even with Malvolio.
Split the class into groups and ask each of them to perform their own version of this important scene. Allow them to get
creative with how they want to present their scenes to the rest of the class!
Sir Toby and Sir Andrew are singing
Enter MARIA
MARIA
What a caterwauling do you keep
here! If my lady
have not called up her steward Malvolio and bid him
turn you out of doors, never trust
me.
SIR TOBY BELCH
Malvolio‟s a Peg-a-Ramsey. Am not
I consanguineous?
Am I not of her blood?
Tillyvally. Lady!
Sings
gabble like
tinkers at this time of night? Is there
no respect of place, persons, nor
time in you?
SIR TOBY BELCH
Sneck up! Art any more than a
steward? Dost thou think, because
thou art
virtuous, there shall be no more
cakes and ale?
Go, sir, rub your chain with
crumbs. A stoup of wine, Maria!
MALVOLIO
Mistress Mary, if you prized my
lady's favour at any
thing more than contempt, you
would not give means
for this uncivil rule: she shall know
of it, by this hand.
SIR TOBY BELCH
Possess us, possess us; tell us something of him.
MARIA
Marry, sir, sometimes he is a kind
of puritan.
SIR ANDREW
O, if I thought that I'ld beat him like
a dog!
SIR TOBY BELCH
What wilt thou do?
MARIA
I will drop in his way some obscure
epistles of
love. I can write very like my lady
your niece.
SIR TOBY BELCH
Excellent! I smell a device.
MARIA
SIR ANDREW
For the love o' God, peace!
I have't in my nose too.
SIR TOBY BELCH
Enter MALVOLIO
He shall think, by the letters that
Exit
thou wilt drop,
MARIA
that they come from my niece
MALVOLIO
Go
shake
your
ears!
Let
me
My masters, are you mad? or what
Olivia, and that she's in
alone
with
Malvolio,
I‟ll
make
him
are you? Have ye
love with him.
a
common
recreation.
I
know
I
can
no wit, manners, nor honesty, but to
do it.
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Twelfth Night Scenic Design by: Josh Frachiseur
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Activity!
Design a set for Twelfth Night!
Here is a stage drawing for reference
Copy this page!
Think Like a Scenic Designer!
va, th
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Activity!
Copy this page!
Think Like a Costume Designer!
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The director and costume designer of Twelfth Night worked together to create costumes that would be
colorful, unique and logical for the storyline of Shakespeare’s great work. They had the challenge of
creating costumes that fit each character and were also interesting for the audience to look at.
Think like a costume designer and choose what colors you would want the costumes to be! They can be
the same as in the Shakespearience production, or completely different. Be creative with color!
OLIVIA
SIR ANDREW ACUECHEEK
MALVOLIIO
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The Art of the Insult
Directions: Combineth one word
or phrase from each of the Columns below and addeth “Thou”
to the beginning. Make certain
thou knowest the meaning of thy
strong words, and thou shalt
have the perfect insult to fling at
the wretched fools of the opposing team. Let thyself go. Mix
and match to find that perfect
barb from the Bard.
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
COLUMN C
bawdy
bunch-backed
canker-blossom
brazen
clay-brained
clotpole
churlish
dog-hearted
crutch
distempered
empty-hearted
cutpurse
fitful
evil-eyed
dogfish
gnarling
eye-offending
egg-shell
greasy
fat-kidneyed
gull-catcher
grizzled
heavy-headed
hedge-pig
haughty
horn-mad
hempseed
hideous
ill-breeding
jack-a-nape
jaded
ill-composed
malkin
knavish
ill-nurtured
malignancy
lewd
iron-witted
malt-worm
INSULT HURLER:
peevish
lean-witted
manikin
___________________________________
pernicious
lily-livered
minimus
prating
mad-bread
miscreant
purpled
motley-minded
moldwarp
queasy
muddy-mettled
nut-hook
rank
onion-eyed
pantaloon
reeky
pale-hearted
rabbit-sucker
__________________________________
roynish
paper-faced
rampallion
DEFINITION:
saucy
pinch-spotted
remnant
sottish
raw-boned
rudesby
unmuzzled
rug-headed
ruffian
vacant
rump-fed
scantling
waggish
shag-eared
scullion
wanton
shrill-gorged
snipe
wenching
sour-faced
waterfly
whoreson
weak-hinged
whipster
yeasty
white-livered
younker
INSULT:
Thou ______________________________
__________________________________
You _______________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
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Activity!
Memory Mnemonics Experiment!
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MNEMONICS:
ever had to memorize a list of words or an equation for a test at school? Maybe it was a list of the planets or all the state capitals. Think about how many
words the actors in Othello had to memorize! Sometimes it can be difficult to remember long lists of words. This is where memory techniques can help. One memory
technique is called mnemonics. A mnemonic (pronounced nuh-MAH-nick) is a memory aid that uses systems of rhymes, acronyms, and diagrams to help you remember names, dates, facts, and figures. An example of a mnemonic is the word scuba, which is not just a word—each letter in the word stands for something. Scuba
is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Another example of a mnemonic is the rhyme "i before e except after c, or when sounding 'a' as in
neighbor or weigh." This mnemonic was designed to help a person remember the order of the letters "i" and "e" in different words. Mnemonics are a great resource not
just for you as students, but for actors trying to memorize lines, teachers to help remember students names, business people to remember a to-do list and even the
president to memorize a speech!
Have you
HISTORY:
The term mnemonic is derived from Greek. It is based on the word mnemonikos which means "of memory." This word refers back to mnema, which means
"remembrance." There are several different types of mnemonics. You can use music, name, expression, model, rhyme, note, image, connection, and spelling mnemonics to help you remember just about anything.
PROCEDURE:
Gather six of your friends and separate them into two groups. One group will be the control group and the other will be the experimental group. The purpose of a control group is to act as a constant and to highlight any effects the variables in an experiment may have on the experimental group. You will ask each member of the
control group to memorize the list below without using a mnemonic, then test them by asking them to repeat the list back. Next, you will ask each member of the experimental group to memorize the same list of words, but using a mnemonic.
QUESTIONS:
LIST OF WORDS:
1. Did the mnemonic help you remember the list better than the control group, who did not use a mne-
Fish
Coffee
Phone
Scissors
Cane
Treacherous
Snow
X-ray
Girl
Apple
Glue
Dog
Violin
Elephant
Number
Baby
monic?
2. What kind of mnemonic did you use?
3. Did you find the mnemonic to be helpful?
4. What areas of study might be a mnemonic device
be helpful?
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5. Which words were the hardest to memorize without a memorizing device? Why?
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Suggestions for Further Study:
BOOKS:
Gordon, Alan: Alan Gordon has written a series of books about the exploits of Feste and
Viola. The first book in the series Thirteenth Night has Feste returning to Illyria to help
Viola and the other characters deal with Malvolio‟s threat, “I‟ll be revenged on the whole
pack of you.” Following Thirteenth Night, Feste and Viola have further adventures in The
Jester Leaps In, A Death in the Venetian Quarter, The Window of Jerusalem, An Antic Disposition (the “true Tale” behind Hamlet), The Lark’s Lament, and The Moneylender of
Toulouse.
Marston, Edward: Edward Marston has written a series of mysteries that give the flavor
of an Elizabethan theater company, the factious Westfield‟s men. The leading character is
the book holder Nicholas Bracewell. The first book in the series is The Queen’s Head, an
inn that is the home theater for this company of players.
DVD:
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“Twelfth Night” (1996) Directed by Trevor Nunn
“She‟s the Man” (2006) Starring Amanda Bynes
“In Search of Shakespeare” (2004) PBS
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ABOUT THE IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Idaho Shakespeare Festival
Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director
Mark Hofflund, Managing Director
P.O. Box 9365
Boise, Idaho 83707
Telephone (208) 429-9908
Box Office (208) 336-9221
www.idahoshakespeare.org
The Idaho Shakespeare Festival has evolved into one of the region‟s premier, professional theater arts organizations, directly serving over 115,000 individuals annually. It is governed by a volunteer member Board of Trustees, with additional Consulting Members, 2 co-equal executives and a permanent
staff of 10 employees. In addition, the Festival operates as an “artistic home” for over 130 artists and production staff, who are employed during the
summer and at other times of the year, such as during the Festival‟s spring educational tours.
At the organization‟s core is its outdoor summer season which presents classical repertory, focusing on the plays of William Shakespeare, in addition to
some contemporary works including musicals. The Festival‟s Amphitheater and Reserve, now entering its 14th year of operation, is the venue for over
53,000 audience members who come to Boise from across Idaho and increasingly from other states and countries.
In addition to its seasonal productions, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival provides theater arts programming integrated into the curricula of approximately
95% of the school districts in Idaho, as well as serving parts of Oregon, Wyoming, and Nevada. Through its school tours, Shakespearience and Idaho
Theater for Youth, the Festival annually reaches over 50,000 children at all grade levels, particularly focusing on children in remote and rural communities.
ISF‟s Drama School exemplifies the Festival‟s attempts to foster life-long learning and appreciation of the theater, providing ongoing classes for students ranging in age from pre-school to adult. The Festival‟s Summer Apprentice Program and Residencies are also offered for extended theatrical training. In the tradition of its highly-popular Family Nights, along with Matinees at the Festival serving over 55,000 students in the Amphitheater since
1993, the Festival donates tickets to over 100 non-profit and student groups, has created a special access program for both students and low-income
groups, and now makes low-cost access possible for children and young adults throughout the summer season.
Festival staff members also participate in the community, serving on boards and assisting the activities not only of local and regional organizations, but
also participating at a national level, where Charles Fee is also Producing Artistic Director for Great Lakes Theater Festival (Cleveland) and Lake Tahoe
Shakespeare Festival, and Mark Hofflund served a presidential appointment to the National Council on the Arts (Washington, D.C.). Both Festival executives have been community leaders in Idaho for the better part of two decades, and both maintain fulltime residency with their families in Boise.
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