Zoë Goslin, Claire Curtis-Ward, Samantha Blinn and Ariana Karp commence our text work on Act I of Twelfth Night.

Among many things we discuss:

• The importance of music, air and sound all expressed in Orsino’s opening speech
• The opening of the play as a surfeiting of the senses
• The imagined beloved versus the actual person
• Both Viola and Olivia are mourning their lost brothers (and deceased fathers)
• The importance of establishing specific relationships between each and every character
• Viola’s grace under pressure and comparisons to other Shakespearean heroines
• Shakespeare and symbols
• Who is Feste and where does he come from?
• Malvolio’s universe and the cost of his speech

Drawing of Olivia.