Twelfth Night (Naxos)

It uses the New Cambridge Shakespeare text, as used by the Royal Shakespeare Company and educational institutions across the world.. It also offers the rich comic colours of Sir Toby Belch, Malvolio and Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Twelfth Night, first performed around 1600, probably at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, is the tale of separated brother and sister twins—Sebastian and Viola—and their love entanglements. Twelfth Night is part of Naxos AudioBooks' exciting new series of complete dramatisations of the works of Shakespeare

The Duke is hopelessly in love with Olivia, but she is in the process of mourning her brother's death and becomes infatuated with Viola as she/he delivers messages for the Duke. All is cleared up eventually when Viola and Sebatian meet and recognize each other. From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up-William Shakespeare's comedy of disguised and deceptive love is entertainingly brought to listeners on these high-quality audiocassettes. Early English music and excellent sound effects are sparingly included, yet add greatly to this performance. In the midst of all of this romantic confusion, servants and family members provide comic relief with their pompous, pretentious, and sometimes inebriated behavior. Viola disguises herself as a boy, becomes a page of Duke Orsinio, and falls in love with him. A booklet with background and a synopsis of the play, photos and descriptions of each cast member, and starting points for each scene on the proper tape side is a usefu

Twelfth Night Gabrielle Martin Bought this along with the Audible reading. I got it to go along with an Audible "Great Course" on Shakespeare. I enjoyed the reading, but the reading and the book itself kept coming unsynced. It was very distracting and therefore I can only give this 3 stars. I wanted to read along and al. Forgettable, but Great While it Lasts T. A. Kleinhans This is definitely a classic Shakespearean comedy, complete with disguises, intrigue, love, humor, and a lot of fun. In all honesty, I am not generally a big fan of comedies, but this is definitely an example of an exception. Really, it will never be considered Shakespeare's greatest, but . It was nice to read for my college English class Amanda Jamison It was nice to read for my college English class. If you read it for college, you'll get a lot of people comparing it to "She's the Man" which does get really annoying. As usual, Shakespeare doesn't disappoint. It was a little bit difficult to read, but the footnotes really helped. I never