We should be receptive to the notions of Gender and Shakespeare an outstanding job of spreading this message to educate people through his literary work. However, it is up to us as students, performers and actors/actresses, to appropriately relay this message forward in our theatrical performances. Through the gift of theatre, which is no doubt a cultural phenomenon, we have the ability to teach one-another about power relationships and social change. In addition, Twelfth Night is more than a comedic play, the theme of Gender in Performance teaches us about people, places and ideas that we are not always exposed to.
