Twelfth Night Monologue

The only lines we decided to cut were lines 200-203 “Maria Will you hoist sail, sir? Here

lies your way.Viola No, good swabber, I am to hull here a little longer-Some mollification

for your giant, sweet lady.” Act1.sc5 p37 and line 218 onto 219 “Give us this place

alone. We will hear this divinity[Maria and attendants exit.]”(Act 1.sc.5 p39.

The reason we chose these lines to cut is because they involved Maria. Surely one of

us could have taken her on in addition to our own role, but she wasn’t really necessary

for this particular scene.There would have been no point to break character for such few

lines. It is better to depict the scene as Viola and Olivia being alone from the start rather

than it being interrupted through a raised question or

We also spoke about the word blazon because i found it hard to say but I just

practiced saying it because if i said coat of arms instead how the text defines it rather

than saying”five fold blazon” it feels like too many words in the phrase.

For the character i played Olivia, I wore all black to demonstrate that she was still in

mourning of her dead brother. Seeing as I didn’t have a black dress I wore a skirt to still

show her femininity and a black shirt. The stage directions on page 39 clearly state that

[she removes her veil] therefore I used a mostly black scarf that was thin enough to see

through as a veil. My partner suggested i wear a lot of accessories such as beads,

necklaces and gold earrings to demonstrate Olivia's wealth. Seeing as i had so much

and had to hold my book I used some of the beaded necklaces for the line “spend this

for me”(line 288 p43). It also makes sense because she was just stepping out of her

house for just a moment and people of nobility could just have their servants run

errands for whatever they may need. The only makeup I wore was red lipstick because

when speaking of her beauty being inventoried she states “two lips indifferent red”.