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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=sharingRead Along:Twelfth Night: Act 2 Scene 1 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/2/1/Twelfth Night: Act 3 Scene 3https://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. 

Let’s go lesbians! Our debut kicks off with Olivia and Viola from Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night (Or What You Will). Chapters:(0:45): Introduction(1:50): Scene Context(2:50): Act 3 Scene 1 Read(7:24): Analysis(9:10): Kirsten’s Thou/Thine Breakdown(23:28): Act 3 Scene 4 Cold Read(26:58): Rubie’s Directorial ConceptsRead Along:Twelfth Night: Act 3 Scene 1 https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/3/1/#line-3.1.97Twelfth Night: Act 3 Scene 4https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/3/4/#line-3.4.209"We'll put this in the description:"Shakespeare, W. (2017) Twelfth Night. Royal Shakespeare Company.