Gresham High School Drama Department: Twelfth Night

1200 North Main Avenue,Gresham OR 97030

11 May, 2023

Description

Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare's greatest comedic plays! It features music, mistaken identities, romance, silly shenanigans, and even some yellow cross-gartered stockings! We follow the recently shipwrecked Viola who determines that the best course of action for her to make her way in the world is to dress as a man and assume the identity of Cesario. She ends up being tasked with being a servant for the Duke Orsino of Illyria. After gaining the Duke's trust, "Cesario" is tasked with wooing the Countess Olivia for him. When Olivia finds the messenger "Cesario" a more intriguing suitor than the Duke, the three characters are thrust into a hysterical love triangle. Not to mention the subplot of Olivia's household revolting against her overzealous head servant Malvolio who is secretly in love with Olivia.