Twelfth Night Sixty Minute Studies

Twelfth Night, or What you Will, was originally written to celebrate the feast of twelfth night - the final day of the Christmas festivities, during which masters and servants, men and women traditionally swopped roles, and sometimes costume. Presided over by the lord of misrule, it was often a riotous affair in which the social order was reversed, and society’s rules could be broken for just one day.


An unlikely comedy of shipwrecked twins, mistaken identity and gender confusion, Twelfth Night explores themes of disguise and deception, the overturning of social order, and the nature of love in its many forms, before eventually allowing its characters to weave a happy ending from the tangled threads of confusion which run through it. 


Get the essence of this Shakespearean classic in just sixty minutes of your time.  This comprehensive study includes detailed scene by scene guides, full character analyses, and an exploration of major themes and symbols.