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What are readers saying about Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will (The Annotated Shakespeare)?
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A reader posted a review at 2009-11-25 22:52:42.
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I love love love this play!!!
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Curley Q posted a review at 2009-11-10 20:01:46.
(Language: English)
Very different from the Shakesphere you studied at school. Fun to read or watch.
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amol patil posted a review at 2009-09-19 12:53:17.
(Language: English)
Hated every minute of it! It was shoved down our throats during school!
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Alicia posted a review at 2009-09-18 19:07:22.
(Language: English)
Who cant love this crazy, twisted comedy!!
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sh@hl@ n!z@m posted a review at 2009-09-03 10:56:21.
(Language: English)
wonderful...
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Nicholas posted a review at 2009-05-27 15:05:50.
(Language: English)
It's pretty good. Not as intrinsically good as the similar Midsummer Night's Dream and Comedy of Errors, but close: the main plot of the siblings being confused with each other is neatly done (though interestingly with a much stronger role for the sister than the brother); the subplot of Malvolio's fall needs more careful treatment, as it is basically the humour of cruelty, and one needs to make Malvolio monstrous enough not to engage too much of the audience's sympathy. Arkangel have done one of their best productions here. Niamh Cusack is Viola; Julian Glover, doing a Scottish accent, is Malvolio; Dinsdale Landen is a suitably disgusting Sir Tony Belch; Arkangel stalwart Amanda Root is Olivia; and most gloriously, Paterson Joseph is Feste, playing it as if it was the role he was born to play (as of course he does with everything) - particularly when he is playing Feste playing the clergyman Sir Topas. Somehow the chemistry seems to have worked between the big name stars, and the result is fantastic.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-05-26 23:09:47.
(Language: English)
I have come to the conclusion that Shakespeare's best comedies are ones with misunderstanding and mistaken identity. In this play, the main character, Viola, is separated from her twin brother Sebastian during a shipwreck. Thinking her brother died, she dresses herself as a man and becomes a servant to Duke Orsino, who in return uses her to try to win over Lady Olivia. The problem is, Lady Olivia falls in love with the male version of Viola who (as the play progresses) in return falls in love with Duke Orsino. Now of course we all know that Sebastian is not dead so once he arrives to the scene you can guess all hell breaks loose in a very comical way. Of course this play also has a lot of subplots but in my opinion they weren't as interesting as the main plot. Overall, I fairly enjoyed Shakespeare's comedy. Out of all the ones that I have read so far, I would recommend this play as well as "The Comedy of Errors."
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A reader posted a review at 2009-04-13 20:34:20.
(Language: English)
I liked the story - as always, Billy Shakespeare does a great job of story and conflict. This is my second NFS book that I've read. I think it can be a nice lead into the real stuff for some people.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-03-12 19:03:23.
(Language: English)
I love this play! It's so wierd and wonderful. We did it last year at college. And I loved it. Malvolio is definately the best part to play
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A reader posted a review at 2009-03-06 19:30:01.
(Language: English)
So this is my favorite Shakespeare comedy. Possibly my favorite Shakespeare (might be Lear, I dunno) It's one where, if the performance is right (like Ben Kingsley's) if can be as sublime and heartbreaking as it is a riot.
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