Act 1

Act 1, Scene 3

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'I'm sure care is an enemy to life!'

Old friends Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew meet again, and Andrew tries to flirt with Maria to get closer to Olivia...

Act 1, Scene 5

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'Take away the fool...'

Olivia banters with her jester, Feste. Malvolio, Olivia’s steward, does not think he is funny.

Act 1, Scene 5

Scene

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'Make me a willow cabin at your gate...'

Viola/Cesario tells Olivia that Orsino loves her. Olivia says she does not love him. Instead, she has fallen for Cesario.

Analysis

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Questions in this interview:

0min 14 - What attracts Olivia to Cesario?
0min 57 - And why is Olivia resisting Orsino's advances?
1min 38 - What does Viola think of Olivia?
2min 58 - Do you think Olivia would make a good match for Orsino?
4min 12 - Why do you think Olivia has taken to her brother's death so badly?
 

Act 2

Act 2, Scene 2

Scene

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'I left no ring with her...'

Malvolio gives Cesario the ring, repeating Olivia’s insistence that she cannot love the Duke. Viola feels sorry for herself for being in love with the Duke, and sorry for Olivia for being in love with her.

Analysis

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Questions in this interview:

0min 14 - Why do you think Shakespeare added this scene?
1min 32 - Why is Malvolio so dismissive of Cesario?
3min 9 - And why does Cesario refuse to take the ring?
3min 55 - What do you think the audience makes of Malvolio in this scene?
4min 49 - What do you think of Viola's soliloquy? Is she speaking from the heart?

Act 2, Scene 3

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'Let our catch be...'

Sir Toby, Sir Andrew and Feste have a midnight party. Maria and Malvolio tell them off.

Act 2, Scene 3

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'Excellent, I smell a device...'

Following their midnight party, Maria hatches a plot to trick Malvolio with forged love letters from Olivia.

Act 2, Scene 4

Scene

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'What dost thou know?'

Orsino guesses that Cesario is in love. Cesario tells him that the ‘woman’ he is in love with is of a similar age and appearance to the Duke. They debate whether women can love as deeply as men. Cesario gives the example of his ‘sister’ who loved a man but never told him. Orsino then sends Cesario to Olivia with a jewel.

Analysis

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Questions in this interview:

0min 14 - What is Viola feeling in this scene?
0min 40 - Do you think Viola wants Orsino to know she loves him?
1min 29 - Do you think this is the closest Viola gets to revealing her true identity?
2min 38 - What does Orsino understand about women and love?
6min 35 - How do your costumes help with your characters?

Act 2, Scene 5

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'I will smile; I will do everything that thou wilt have me.'

Maria drops a letter for Malvolio to find. Sir Toby, Sir Andrew and Feste hide to watch. Malvolio finds the letter, and vows to change to win Olivia's love...

Act 4

Act 4, Scene 2

Scene

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'There was never a man thus wronged...'

Feste dresses up as a priest, Sir Topas. Feste then alternates between counselling Malvolio as Sir Topas and taunting him as himself.

Analysis

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Questions in this interview:

0min 14 - What do you think Malvolio is thinking when he is in prison?
1min 12 - Does it cross his mind the letter might be a forgery?
2min 6 - Does Feste have any sympathy for Malvolio?
3min 40 - What is it that Feste and the others dislike about Malvolio?
4min 37 - What do you think Malvolio learns from the experience?
6min 1 - What is it like performing in the Globe?

Act 5

Act 5, Scene 1

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'One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons...'

Viola finds herself caught in the middle of havoc and mistaken identity. Mistaken for Sebastian, Olivia accuses Ceasrio/Viola of breaking a promise. Sir Andrew and Sir Toby arrive, claiming they were attacked by Cesario. Sebastian enters and apologises. Viola and Sebastian are reunited and all is resolved.