"A Green Carnation" Twelfth Night's Antonio and Sebastian

A Special Announcement!

We've got an announcement for y'all...

"A Green Carnation" Twelfth Night's Antonio and Sebastian

Our Twelfth Night series continues with one of Shakespeare’s most famous gays of all time—Antonio—and his relationship with Sebastian.  Chapters: (1:08): 2.1 Scene Context  (1:50): Act 2 Scene 1 Read (4:05): 2.1 Commentary: Prose & Pronouns (follow along with the notes below!) (9:48): 2.1 Commentary: Plot & Performance  (15:30): 3.3 Scene Context  (16:17): Act 3 Scene 3 Read (18:30): 3.3 Commentary (see our notes for extra comments [what Kirsten forgot to say]) (29:00): 5.1 Scene Context  (30:00): Act 5 Scene 1 (31:15): 5.1 Commentary: Prose & Pronouns (36:00): 5.1 Commentary: Plot & Performance (38:30): Overall Commentary (45:24): Rubie’s Poem (also in our notes—check the link below!) Our Notes! (a.k.a. what’s on the table in front of us) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pns9vK_nVQd3RObykf82CwexUcb-kj1G?usp=sharing [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pns9vK_nVQd3RObykf82CwexUcb-kj1G?usp=sharing] Read Along: Twelfth Night: Act 2 Scene 1 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/2/1/ [https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/2/1/] Twelfth Night: Act 3 Scene 3 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/3/3/ [https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/3/3/] Twelfth Night: Act 5 Scene 1 (starting at line 69) https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/5/1/#line-5.1.69 [https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/5/1/#line-5.1.69] “We’ll put this in the description.” Elam, Keir (ed.) (2008) Twelfth Night. The Arden Shakespeare. Twelfth Night (2017) Christopher Luscombe [Film]. Royal Shakespeare Company.

“Do you listen to Girl in Red?” Twelfth Night’s Olivia and Viola

Let’s go lesbians!  Our debut kicks off with Olivia and Viola from Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night (Or What You Will).  Chapters: (0:45): Introduction (1:50): Scene Context (2:50): Act 3 Scene 1 Read (7:24): Analysis (9:10): Kirsten’s Thou/Thine Breakdown (23:28): Act 3 Scene 4 Cold Read (26:58): Rubie’s Directorial Concepts Read Along: Twelfth Night: Act 3 Scene 1 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/3/1/#line-3.1.97 [https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/3/1/#line-3.1.97] Twelfth Night: Act 3 Scene 4 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/3/4/#line-3.4.209 [https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/3/4/#line-3.4.209] "We'll put this in the description:" Shakespeare, W. (2017) Twelfth Night. Royal Shakespeare Company.