Character Notes from Michael

• Antonio

• Captain

• Curio/First Officer

• Duke Orsino

• Fabian

• Feste

• Malvolio

• Maria

• Olivia

• Priest

• Sebastian

• Second Officer

• Sir Andrew Aguecheek

• Sir Toby Belch

• Valentine

• Viola

Applied Shakespeare Videos

Directors, designers, and cast of Twelfth Night at Colorado Shakespeare Festival, and faculty at University of Colorado Boulder, speak about the play. Very interesting video interviews; well worth watching, or listening while you do chores. Or just read the transcripts.

• Feste and the World of the Play

• Feste and the Comic World of Twelfth Night

• Act III Scene 1: Feste and Cesario

• Act I Scene 1: Orsino's Melancholy and Desire

• Disguises, Identity, and the Play of Desire

• Viola: Survival, Disguise, and Love

• Olivia: Identity and Desire

• Act I Scene 5: Olivia, Viola, and the Power of Desire

• Sebastian and Antonio

• Malvolio: Order and Aspiration

• Sir Toby Belch's Worldview

• Maria on Class

• Act II Scenes 3 and 5: Confrontation of Malvolio and Sir Toby

• Religion and the Punishment of Malvolio

• On Resolution and Reunion

• Act V: the Play's Conclusion

• Twelfth Night and Comedy's Tragic Potentials

• Malvolio and Revenge

• Feste: Perspectives on Malvolio

• Concluding Twelfth Night: We'll Strive to Please You Every Day

Full interviews with CSF cast

• Feste

• Malvolio

• Olivia

• Sir Toby Belch

• Viola

• Maria

• Director

• Dramaturg