Malvolio "returns" the ring to Cesario (actually Viola in disguise) in this clip from Act II, scene 2 of Twelfth Night, featuring Stephen Fry and Johnny Flynn. Watch now on Globe Player: bit.ly/TwelfthNight2012GlobeP... #TwelfthNight
The whole point of the all male cast is to replicate the exact way that it would have been done in Shakespeare's time and the cast actually quote pretty much exactly from the play, it adds to the authenticity and any fan of Shakespeare's work should be happy to see the play being acted in this way. It also adds to the comedy because of the stagecraft as a way to get people to understand it more and enjoy the play. It adds to the whole idea of disguise as a theme and the comedy of the disguise so there is no need to criticise because honestly it is a brilliant play with amazing acting!
tinker sanders I totally appreciate it! Now if they'll just saw the roof off of the theater. Just kidding. But maybe they could cut the electricity and lite the place instead with candles. That would be so awesome. Just imagine what that was like to see The Tempest, for example, performed at Blackfriars under flickering candle light! Of course, the actors probably got soot on the lungs.
Going for “authenticity” with a Shakespeare play is silly. Back in those days the director role of a play was minimal. The actors would be given scripts and would do the staging parts on their own. No performance would be the same each time. Obviously things are different for today and a play cannot function without a director. So going for complete “authenticity” is useless.
They're making art, not a political statement. Just because this, one of the best Shakespearean performances I've ever found, does not happen to promote any particular political agenda if anything only adds to its merit. I don't see why such quality can not be applauded and enjoyed for its own sake with out getting sexist or racist about who is doing it.
If the original performance used all male players in what way does the return to an all male cast detrimentally affect the play and contradict the dialogue?
@@only1utdanditsleeds What an idiotic statement. We have zero idea if Shakespeare had even the slightest personal opinion on women being barred from acting. Also adult males did NOT play women in his plays.The parts were played by boys. It is ludicrous practice made worse by the garish femininity projected by the actors. Its totally pointless.
@@maybebabyny In some places, the "garish femininity" is precisely the point. It's all part of a nuanced 'meta-dialogue' about gender and the very act of playing roles both in reality and on stage. Too sophisticated for you?
