RSS Subscription
Cobbe Portrait of William Shakespeare
Tag Archives: Sir Andrew Aguecheek
“If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.”
Twelfth Night Act Five Conclusion By Dennis Abrams ————————- Boy oh boy, do I love this play. After doing the reading for my posts, I sat down and reread the whole thing – just for the sheer enjoyment of it. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Act Five, Comedy, Derek Jacobi, Donald Sinden, Elizabethan comedy, Elizabethan theater, entertainment, Feste, language, literature, Malvolio, Olivia, Orsino, renaissance humanism, Shakespeare, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
4 Comments
“O, if it prove,/Tempests are kind, and salt waves fresh in love!”
Twelfth Night Act Three By Dennis Abrams —————————– Act Three: Olivia confesses her love to Cesario/Viola but Viola lets her know that it cannot be returned. Noting Cesario’s apparent success with Olivia, the frustrated Sir Andrew is persuaded by Toby … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Act Three, Ben Jonson, bisexuality, Comedy, drama, Elizabethan comedy, Elizabethan theater, eunuch, Falstaff, language, literature, Malvolio, Olivia, renaissance humanism, Sebastian, Shakespeare, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, twins, Viola, William Shakespeare, writing
2 Comments
“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”
Twelfth Night Act Two By Dennis Abrams ————————– Act Two: Sebastian has survived (surprise!) – rescued by Antonio – although he, too, thinks his twin is dead and resolves to head for the court of Orsino. Meanwhile…Viola/Cesario has fallen in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Act Two, Antonio, bisexual, clown, Comedy, drama, Elizabethan theater, entertainment, Falstaff, Feste, hermaphrodite, language, literature, Malvolio, Olivia, renaissance humanism, Sebastian, Shakespeare, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, Viola, William Shakespeare, writing
2 Comments
“If music be the food of love, play on,/Give me excess of it, that surfeiting,/The appetite may sicken, and so die.”
Twelfth Night Act One By Dennis Abrams ————————- MAJOR CHARACTERS Orsino, Duke of Illyria Valentine and Curio, Orsino’s servants Viola, a shipwrecked lady (later disguised as Cesario) Sebastian, her twin brother A Sea Captain Antonio, another sea captain Olivia, a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged act one, Ben Jonson, bisexuality, Cesario, Comedy, drama, Elizabethan theater, entertainment, eunuch, Freud, humours, if music be the food of love, Illyria, language, literature, love, Malvolio, Olivia, Orsino, renaissance humanism, romance, Shakespeare, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sir Toby Belch, transvestism, Twelfth Night, Viola, William Shakespeare, writing
Leave a comment
“Bittersweet, lyrical, and deeply emotional, “Twelfth Night” has long been thought of as perhaps Shakespeare’s most “perfect” comedy.”
Twelfth Night An Introduction By Dennis Abrams Bittersweet, lyrical, and deeply emotional, Twelfth Night has long been thought of as perhaps Shakespeare’s most “perfect” comedy. Written shortly after Hamlet and As You Like It, its mood is delicately posed: while … Continue reading
The Play's The Thing 