In seventeenth century England, it was extremely taboo for women to act any form of theatre, even when scripts call for a female role. Consequently, all performances, including all of Shakespeare 's works, during this era were of all male cast. Since it is no longer out of the norm for females to take part in theatre, Lisa Wolpe has directed multiple plays, in which were originally all male performances, with full female casts. One such play was her twist on Williams Shakespeare’s Twelfth night presented in The University of Colorado at Boulder’s University Theatre. With all roles being played by women, a new and unique perspective of Twelfth Night found its way to me. However, I believe that the performance was at most satisfactory,
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Both, presuming the other to have drowned, headed to the nearby Island in search of refuge. Viola did not think that she could get by as a women in the country therefore, she dressed in her brother 's clothes and took an the alter ego of Cesario. She found herself a job as a servant to Duke Orsino who was madly in love with Olivia. Viola was appointed to woo Olivia and Orsino’s behalf, but to Viola’s alarm, Olivia fell in love with her and at the same time, Viola was falling for Orsino. This love triangle ensues throughout the play until Sebastian is thrown into the mix and the twins begin to be mistaken for one another. Finally, after much confusion, Viola and Sebastian are at the same place at the same time and learn that the …show more content…
They didn’t ever make the show any worse, but neither did they heighten my experience. One element that I found lacking were the props. It was odd to have actual liquid to indicate liquor in a scene with Duke Orsino and Viola in which the standing globe was opened to reveal a hidden stash of liquor, but not in abundances of scenes of drinking and partying as empty cups and bottle were used. I thought this decision was bothersome and I’m unsure why it was implemented this way. Furthermore, early in the play Sir Toby stumbled onto stage, drunk nonetheless, and burps were played of the speakers. Not only was Melanie Schultz, the actor who played Sir Toby, poor in timing the sounds with her burping “movement,” but it was also the only time the loud speakers were used during the play (besides song) which made it stick out like a sore
Both, presuming the other to have drowned, headed to the nearby Island in search of refuge. Viola did not think that she could get by as a women in the country therefore, she dressed in her brother 's clothes and took an the alter ego of Cesario. She found herself a job as a servant to Duke Orsino who was madly in love with Olivia. Viola was appointed to woo Olivia and Orsino’s behalf, but to Viola’s alarm, Olivia fell in love with her and at the same time, Viola was falling for Orsino. This love triangle ensues throughout the play until Sebastian is thrown into the mix and the twins begin to be mistaken for one another. Finally, after much confusion, Viola and Sebastian are at the same place at the same time and learn that the …show more content…
They didn’t ever make the show any worse, but neither did they heighten my experience. One element that I found lacking were the props. It was odd to have actual liquid to indicate liquor in a scene with Duke Orsino and Viola in which the standing globe was opened to reveal a hidden stash of liquor, but not in abundances of scenes of drinking and partying as empty cups and bottle were used. I thought this decision was bothersome and I’m unsure why it was implemented this way. Furthermore, early in the play Sir Toby stumbled onto stage, drunk nonetheless, and burps were played of the speakers. Not only was Melanie Schultz, the actor who played Sir Toby, poor in timing the sounds with her burping “movement,” but it was also the only time the loud speakers were used during the play (besides song) which made it stick out like a sore