On The Twelfth Night of December

Shakespeare has never failed to amaze me when it comes to literature. One the night of March 8 2013, I once again witness Shakespeare’s work through the actions of the third year ABEO students in the ABEO playhouse presentation. The title of the spectacular play was the “Twelfth Night”.

            Twelfth night is about girl who disguised herself as a man. With the loss of her brother, Sebastian, She disguised herself in order to be in Orsino’s court in which she succeeded in time. She then fell in love with Orsino. But Orsino was in love with Olivia, a beautiful rich girl. So Viola, disguised as Cesario, went to see Olivia upon Orsino’s orders. After 2 visits, Olivia became drawn to Cesario and in time, fell in love with him. But that is just first part of the play. It actually has three parts. The second part is the story of Sebastian. He survived the shipwreck and stayed with a guy named Antonio. After a while, he travels to the land where Orsino has been the ruler. He then later was accused and mistaken by Viola’s uncle, Sir Toby. But with Viola’s help, he was deemed innocent and later fell in love with Viola who mistaken him for Cesario. The last part of the story is about the revenge against Malvolio which is actually very funny. The maid wrote a fake letter which contained a fake signature to Malvolio. Malvolio believed that it was from his mistress, Viola whom he cherish a secret crush. Then he became more open about his love for and expressed it clearly. But his efforts were wasted when Viola continuously denied it.

            Overall, the play was great. The actors and actresses did well with their roles. It was very funny and it became funnier with the unexpected wardrobe malfunction. I hope someday that we can experience the same funny and amazed feeling again. ABEO playhouse has always been a legacy and I hope we can continue that legacy.