Our Twelfth Night series continues with one of Shakespeare’s most famous gays of all time—Antonio—and his relationship with Sebastian. 

Chapters:

(1:08): 2.1 Scene Context 

(1:50): Act 2 Scene 1 Read

(4:05): 2.1 Commentary: Prose & Pronouns (follow along with the notes below!)

(9:48): 2.1 Commentary: Plot & Performance 

(15:30): 3.3 Scene Context 

(16:17): Act 3 Scene 3 Read

(18:30): 3.3 Commentary (see our notes for extra comments [what Kirsten forgot to say])

(29:00): 5.1 Scene Context 

(30:00): Act 5 Scene 1

(31:15): 5.1 Commentary: Prose & Pronouns

(36:00): 5.1 Commentary: Plot & Performance

(38:30): Overall Commentary

(45:24): Rubie’s Poem (also in our notes—check the link below!)

Our Notes! (a.k.a. what’s on the table in front of us)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pns9vK_nVQd3RObykf82CwexUcb-kj1G?usp=sharing

Read Along:

Twelfth Night: Act 2 Scene 1 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/2/1/

Twelfth Night: Act 3 Scene 3

https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/3/3/

Twelfth Night: Act 5 Scene 1 (starting at line 69)

https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/5/1/#line-5.1.69

“We’ll put this in the description.”

Elam, Keir (ed.) (2008) Twelfth Night. The Arden Shakespeare.

Twelfth Night (2017) Christopher Luscombe [Film]. Royal Shakespeare Company.