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5 things to look for when you watch Twelfth Night
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5 things to look for when you watch Twelfth Night

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Ben Lauer

We ask a few of our favorite Shakespeareans what you should keep an eye out for when you watch Twelfth Night.

Order It: "If music be the food of love" from Twelfth Night
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Order It: "If music be the food of love" from Twelfth Night

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“If music be the food of love, play on.” Take this quiz to see if you can correctly order the lines of the opening speech of Twelfth Night, with its memorable reference to a bank of violets.

Twelfth Night: The Hamlet of the comedies
William Oliver Watkins as Orsino and Caitlin McWethy as Viola in Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s 2018 Twelfth Night, directed by Austin Tichenor. By Mikki Schaffner Photography.
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Twelfth Night: The Hamlet of the comedies

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Austin Tichenor

Austin Tichenor suggests that “Twelfth Night” is the “Hamlet” of the comedies, dealing with loss, separation, and death and using some surprisingly similar elements — but in a far happier way.

Shakespeare, improvisation, and the art of rhetoric
Ellen Terry as Viola
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Shakespeare, improvisation, and the art of rhetoric

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Shakespeare characters like Viola and Iago are masters of improvisation, says Folger Director Michael Witmore in this excerpt from the 2017 Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture.

A recipe for Twelfth Night cake
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A recipe for Twelfth Night cake

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Park’s Shakspearean Twelfth-Night Characters. Handcolored print, ca. 1830. Folger Shakespeare Library. Twelfth Night is a Christian holiday typically celebrated on January 5 or 6, concluding the 12 days of Christmas and celebrating the visit of the Magi (the three kings). Twelfth…

A beautiful Twelfth Night
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A beautiful Twelfth Night

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Sarah Hovde

Folger Finds delivers delightful and insightful moments with the Folger collection. Sarah Hovde, a cataloger at the Folger Shakespeare Library, reveals a 1932 edition of Twelfth Night with beautiful engravings by Eric Ravilious. Twelfth Night, the last of the twelve…

Elizabethan Holidays: Christmas, New Year's Day... and Plough Monday?
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Elizabethan Holidays: Christmas, New Year's Day... and Plough Monday?

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Karen Lyon

The Twelve Days of Christmas, from December 25 to January 6, was the longest and most enthusiastically celebrated festival in the Elizabethan calendar. On Christmas Eve, people decorated with evergreens, ivy, and holly, burned a Yule log, sang carols, and…