Twelfth Night Review
We went to the "Twelfth Night" show at Yale Rep last Wednesday. It was a really good and different show that I absolutely enjoyed.
"Twelfth Night" is a comedy by Shakespeare, it is set in Illyria. This book talks about a comedy of gender confusion among brother and sister. The siblings both thought each other are dead because of the accident, so Viola (the main female character) disguises herself as a man to stay around the man that she adores (Orsino) who asked Viola to help him to show love to Olivia. Soon after, the brother (Sebastian) and sister finally found each other, and get each of their own true love.
The reason why I said this show is really different is that it is not like any other Shakespeare's show I have seen before. It combined a lot of modern technology in the show and even some improvisation of lines, music, props, and etc. For example, all the lighting is so amazing, and in my opinion, the lighting set a tone and atmosphere of the show, to tell audiences that this show is different from any other Shakespeare show. I want to say that it is a pretty fearless try, but they did a really good job. Another example would be the scooter, the clothes, the VR technology, the song, everything that the fool is performing with, is all modern stuff. But I will say that this is a pretty highlighting point throughout the whole show, I think beyond all our students who went to the show will say that the fool leaves the most profound impression in their mind. What impressed the most is that, even though they used a lot of modern elements in the show, they still kept a lot of the Shakespeare style that would not let people think digression. For example, all the setting are wooden, and costumes are pretty old style, except for Orsino's shoes. The most important is that their lines and the way they talk are mostly kept in Shakespeare's form or style.
My favorite character is Olivia's steward Malvolio, after watching this show I like this character is because I think he is a poor character that deserves people's sympathy. First of all, I think that he is truly taking care of Olivia and doing everything that she is asking for, and trying to keep the peace and rules in the house. Maybe that she yelled at Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and Maria made them uncomfortable and angry, but I do not think that he is wrong. At that time period, rules are important to those wealthy family. His characteristic might be really inflexible, but his thinking about the whole family. Second of all, in my opinion, Malvolio is a character that in the world with all kind of levels between different people who can still keep his purity and kind of innocence. When Maria wrote a love letter from Olivia and tried to get back at him for not letting them drink at night, he did not doubt at all, he chose to believe it and followed whatever she asked in the letter. There might be two kinds of interpretation towards his reaction, and one might be that he is innocent and chooses to believe in the letter; another one might be that he is over-confident and does not recognize his position well. Somehow I choose to believe in the former interpretation. And the actor himself is a really good actor he acted out all the inside world of Malvolio. There might be a reason that can also explain that why I have sympathetic towards Malvolio. Maybe because that the actor is kind of old who reminds me of my grandpa who I loved a lot, and also what Malvolio had been experienced makes me sympathize him more. These might be other reasons that I like this character. The actors acting skill is really freely retractable which I was attracted by.
"Twelfth Night" is a comedy by Shakespeare, it is set in Illyria. This book talks about a comedy of gender confusion among brother and sister. The siblings both thought each other are dead because of the accident, so Viola (the main female character) disguises herself as a man to stay around the man that she adores (Orsino) who asked Viola to help him to show love to Olivia. Soon after, the brother (Sebastian) and sister finally found each other, and get each of their own true love.
The reason why I said this show is really different is that it is not like any other Shakespeare's show I have seen before. It combined a lot of modern technology in the show and even some improvisation of lines, music, props, and etc. For example, all the lighting is so amazing, and in my opinion, the lighting set a tone and atmosphere of the show, to tell audiences that this show is different from any other Shakespeare show. I want to say that it is a pretty fearless try, but they did a really good job. Another example would be the scooter, the clothes, the VR technology, the song, everything that the fool is performing with, is all modern stuff. But I will say that this is a pretty highlighting point throughout the whole show, I think beyond all our students who went to the show will say that the fool leaves the most profound impression in their mind. What impressed the most is that, even though they used a lot of modern elements in the show, they still kept a lot of the Shakespeare style that would not let people think digression. For example, all the setting are wooden, and costumes are pretty old style, except for Orsino's shoes. The most important is that their lines and the way they talk are mostly kept in Shakespeare's form or style.
My favorite character is Olivia's steward Malvolio, after watching this show I like this character is because I think he is a poor character that deserves people's sympathy. First of all, I think that he is truly taking care of Olivia and doing everything that she is asking for, and trying to keep the peace and rules in the house. Maybe that she yelled at Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and Maria made them uncomfortable and angry, but I do not think that he is wrong. At that time period, rules are important to those wealthy family. His characteristic might be really inflexible, but his thinking about the whole family. Second of all, in my opinion, Malvolio is a character that in the world with all kind of levels between different people who can still keep his purity and kind of innocence. When Maria wrote a love letter from Olivia and tried to get back at him for not letting them drink at night, he did not doubt at all, he chose to believe it and followed whatever she asked in the letter. There might be two kinds of interpretation towards his reaction, and one might be that he is innocent and chooses to believe in the letter; another one might be that he is over-confident and does not recognize his position well. Somehow I choose to believe in the former interpretation. And the actor himself is a really good actor he acted out all the inside world of Malvolio. There might be a reason that can also explain that why I have sympathetic towards Malvolio. Maybe because that the actor is kind of old who reminds me of my grandpa who I loved a lot, and also what Malvolio had been experienced makes me sympathize him more. These might be other reasons that I like this character. The actors acting skill is really freely retractable which I was attracted by.
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