A vignette play is a collection of short scenes on. In christianity, twelfth night is a holiday on january 5 that marks the 12th and final night of the christmas season. Read the complete script on the lazy bee scripts web site. Viola and sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. The character of the fool is particularly well drawn in twelfth night. The twelve days of christmas are the twelve days beginning on night of christmas december 25 and ending on epiphany january 6. However, at the time of this movies release, imogen stubbs viola was thirtyfive. William shakespeare, 1564 1616 although there are many myths and mysteries surrounding william shakespeare, a great deal is actually known about his life. This is where you can buy all our music in digital form.
At the beginning of the play, after having survived a shipwreck, viola the plays protagonist finds herself stranded in illyria. You might have guessed that twelfth night, or what you will william shakespeares only play with an alternate title has something to do with the popular song the twelve days of christmas. It was originally a catholic holiday and therefore, like other christian feast days, an occasion for revelry. All the set pieces, songs, cross dressings, and mad love are retained. Shakespeares twelfth night modern text table of contents. This concise telling of the shakespeare play runs for around 12 minutes and is well worth seeing covering most of the action, the shipwreck, malvolio and the letter, the duel between andrew and cesario, the meeting of olivia and cesario and the final resolve of all muddles.
At the beginning of twelfth night, we encounter viola, who has been shipwrecked off the coast of illyria. The play centers on the twins viola and sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. The same people who say he gets drunk with you every night. Duke orsino pines for olivia, who is in mourning for her brother and vows to wear a veil and not marry for seven years. A shortened and simplified version in modern english.
Twelfth night, 2012 64% of the original this lean version was created by jonny flood of the funnery staff, for production at new england youth theatres 2012 junior shakespeare camp. Some longer speeches and scenes are shortened without harm to the narrative. Olivias butler, malvolio, disapproves of all the other members of her household her drunken uncle sir toby belch, his friend sir andrew aguecheek and her servants, maria, feste and fabia. Summary of twelfth night shakespeare birthplace trust. With rosemary leach, fiona shaw, roger allam, suzanne burden. Twelfth night abridged adapted by larry nehring 4 productions 6 comedy. Will viola take off her disguise and tell the truth.
An animated version of william shakespeares twelfth night in a retelling of the classic play set to modern music. In 1820 an operatic version by frederic reynolds was staged, with music composed by henry bishop. Maria writes a letter to malvolio, forging olivias. Quick summary for kids this story takes place in illyria, italy. Viola who is disguised as cesario falls in love with duke orsino, who in turn is in love with the countess olivia. This abridged version of twelfth night was professionally edited by a former oregon shakespeare festival actor. The onehour script features original dialogue interspersed with narration. If christmas day is the first of the twelve days, then twelfth night would be on january 5, the eve of epiphany. Orsino sends her to help him woo the lady olivia, who doesnt want the duke, but finds that she likes the new. Watch this story, one of our shakespeare lives videos, and find out.
Do ye make an alehouse of my ladys house, that ye squeak out your coziers catches without any mitigation or. This version keeps the double feste, and the assistant to maria. The script is editable so you can update current issues or rearrange the casting assignments. Staying with olivia is her uncle sir toby, who is encouraging sir andrew, his drinkingcompanion and source of funds, to woo olivia. One of shakespeares finest comedies, twelfth night precedes the great tragedies and problem plays in order of. The variation extends even to the issue of how to count the days. Find out about our past productions from 1960 to christopher luscombes 2017 version of twelfth night. Twelfth night, or what you will introduction shmoop.
Twelfth night, comedy in five acts by william shakespeare, written about 160002 and printed in the first folio of 1623 from a transcript of an authorial draft or possibly a playbook. Twelfth night two short scripts two scripted versions of shakespeares play twelfth night. This is a production with many wonders, but also many directorial decisions to wonder. However, most of the modern focus in twelfth night is because one of its main female protagonists disguises herself as a man, falls in love with a man and has a woman, who falls for the disguise, fall in love with her. Short twelfth night script for highschool and middleschool. Twelfth night, or what you will is a romantic comedy by william shakespeare, believed to have. A one act annotated version of shakespeares comedy filled with unrequited love, disguises, and a shipwreck. After this they disappeared into the studio to demo some new songs.
The latest in covilles series of retold shakespearean plays, this volume provides a short, prose version of shakespeares twelfth night, a romantic comedy that offers young people such promising elements as separated twins, a woman disguised as a man, a drunken buffoon, courtship, swordplay, mistaken identity, and a practical joke. Sparknotes is here for you weve got everything you need to ace or teach. Twelfth night january 6 marks the feast of the epiphany, a holiday in western christian theology that celebrates the day that the magi a. Shakespeare acting practice scripts four short scenes to use with beginning shakespeare actors, or to use with skillbuilding activities. A thirty minute twelfth night by shakespeare, abridged bill. Ill drink to her as long as theres a hole in my throat and booze in illyria. Editable ages 914 shakespeare shorties playscripts are each about 15 minutes in a performance.
While carousing with olivias fool feste late one night, they quarrel with malvolio, and with the help of olivias maid maria, they decide to trick him. Anyone who refuses to drink to my niece until his brain spins around like a. Discussion of themes and motifs in william shakespeares twelfth night. Twelfth night 15minute script for elementary and middle school. After the twins sebastian and viola survive a shipwreck, neither knows that the other is alive. Orsino, the duke of lllyria, is in love with his neighbour, countess olivia. The twins viola and sebastian are separated in a shipwreck. William shakespeare, 1564 1616 although there are many myths and mysteries. A short summary of william shakespeares twelfth night. Read a character analysis of viola, plot summary, and important quotes. They include a fun mix of modern dialogue with real shakespeare dialogue, and naturally hit on the famous quotes.
Shakespeares mother the secret life of a tudor woman bbc documentary 2015 duration. Believing her identical brother was killed in a shipwreck, viola disguises herself as a man and ends up falling in love with her boss. The first twin, viola, falls in love with orsino, who dotes on oiivia, who falls for viola but is idolised by malvolio. Twelfth night, or what you will is a comedy by william shakespeare, believed to have been written around 160102 as a twelfth nights entertainment for the close of the christmas season. Viola goes into service with count orsino of illyria, disguised as a. Skvheshakespeares mother the secret life of a tudor woman recommended for you. Jan 27, 2015 summary of shakespeares twelfth night ahmed adel. In 1910, vitagraph studios released the silent, short adaptation twelfth night starring actors florence turner, julia. Viola goes into service with count orsino of illyria, disguised as a young man, cesario. This comedy demands a balance between laughter and pain and needs a strong, allround ensemble. Various critics divide twelfth night into various types of plots andor subplots. Twelfth night dramatis personae viola later disguised as cesareio twins shipwrecked on the sebastion uviolas brother u coast of illyria captain the ships captain, who res cued viola antonio another captain, who befriended sebastion orsino duke of illyria valentine gentlemen attending on the.
Twelfth night is a story of love and confused identity. Do you ever wonder how in the world the modernday movie shes the man could possibly be based off of shakespeares twelfth night. Twelfth night 15minute script for elementary and middle. One hour version of shakespeares play, twelfth night. Duke orsino of illyria is in love with olivia, but his advances are rejected.
Fed up with malvolio constantly spoiling their fun, they decide to play a practical joke on him. Read twelfth night here, with sidebyside no fear translations into modern english. Twelfth night an allusion to the night of festivity preceding the christian celebration of the epiphanycombines love, confusion, mistaken identities, and joyful discovery. Pricing information for twelfth night, or what you will. Regardless of the exact number of plots and subplots, however, the main thing is that they are all woven together with immense skill to ultimately compose a single pattern or tapestry. Before the play begins there is a terrible storm and viola and her twin brother, sebastian, are in a shipwreck. This maintains the integrity of the play while significantly shortening itmaking it easier for groups to perform. Twelfth night is a reference to the twelfth night after christmas day, called the eve of the feast of epiphany. Believing her identical brother was killed in a shipwreck, viola disguises herself as a man and ends up falling in love with her boss, who uses her to send love letters to the countess olivia. Sings o, the twelfth day of december,maria for the love o god, peace. Some of the tracks from these demos were released on an lp length tape early in december 1981. Have ye no wit, manners, nor honesty, but to gabble like tinkers at this time of night. A complete summary of william shakespeares play, twelfth night.
William shakespeares twelfth night, or what you will is a comedy about a crossdressing, shipwreck surviving, poetryloving girl who finds herself at the center of a notsoaverage love triangle. Twelfth night, 2014 90% of the original this newest edition was created by peter gould of the funnery staff, for a sevenyear anniversary production at craftsbury funnery. Read the nosweatshakespeare modern twelfth night ebook for free. Twins are separated in a shipwreck, and forced to fend for themselves in a strange land. You can buy the arden text of this play from the online bookstore. Servants often dressed up as their masters, men as women and so forth. Twelfth night reverts to a fun, wisecracking spoof that kids will love for its stoic. Read modern twelfth night translation, scene by scene.
A thirty minute twelfth night by shakespeare, abridged bill tordoff. Find out more about the shipwreck that separates twins viola and sebastian and the. Shakespeares comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves. Twelfth night is a tale of unrequited love hilarious and heartbreaking. A professionally edited onehour version of shakespeares play, twelfth night that is royaltyfree to drama notebook members. Shakespeare plays for kidsshort shakespeare scripts for schools. Twelfth night, or what you will cutting and notes by.
The following are clips from the 2016 playing shakespeare with deutsche bank production of twelfth night at shakespeares globe. All the scripts on this site are ed and may not be printed, quoted or performed without the permission of lazy bee scripts. Heres where youll find analysis about the play as a whole, from the major. A thirty minute twelfth night by shakespeare, abridged. An animated version of william shakespeares twelfth night. Shakespeares classic comedy unfolds fast and furiously in this abridged oneact version, trimmed to the storys very essence. This version keeps the double feste, and the scullery assistant to maria. Viola lands in illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the duke orsino. Love, comedy, and confusion abound in twelfth night. Manns own version of sequences, debuted at reading, would soon become a live staple and, ultimately, perhaps the bestloved twelfth night song. On the last of the twelve days, called twelfth night, various cultures developed a wide range of additional special festivities.
It is a recording of the dress rehearsal of welless own abridged production at his alma mater, the todd school for boys, where he had returned to direct this adaptation of shakespeares twelfth night for the chicago drama festival in 1933. Shakespeare plays for kidsshort shakespeare scripts for. Smiling at grief was the first of the ongoing twelfth night reissue archive programme, released on cd in 1997 on msi records with five bonus tracks recorded prior to the main sessions at the bands rehearsal venue, burghfield mill, reading. Read a plot overview of the entire play or a scene by scene summary and analysis. He seems cleverer by half than the assorted aristocracy. See a complete list of the characters in twelfth night and indepth analyses of viola, orsino and olivia, malvolio, sebastian, and antonio. First staged in 1602, twelfth night is one of shakespeares most performed plays. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of twelfth night. She cant find her brother, sebastian, and is afraid he. First staged in 1602, twelfth night is one of shakespeare s most performed plays. In twelfth night, the character of orsino is several years older than viola. Shakespeares twelfth night opens with the lovesick, orsino, duke of illyria feeling sorry for himself as his beautiful neighbour, countess olivia, has been rejecting his advances. Translated as an easy to read, exciting teenage novel.